Metro Transit: Man fatally struck by Green Line train in St. Paul, Minn.

Authorities with Metro Transit confirm a man has died after he was struck by a train Monday afternoon at the Hamline Avenue station in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Around 4:30 p.m., Metro Transit officials took to Twitter to announce that the westbound Green Line trains were delayed due to a train-pedestrian crash. Authorities say it appears the man was running toward the train with a friend; the friend survived.

As of 5:30 p.m., the Green Line service has resumed.

Metro Transit authorities say this is the second Green Line death this year.

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