Man Hit by Train in Friendship Heights Recovers

Ten months ago, Victor Robinson was hit by a Red Line train.

When Victor Robinson, 42, fell on Metro's tracks in Friendship Heights during an epileptic seizure last August, the delays on the Red Line were so lengthy that "Friendship Heights" was trending on Twitter. But the inconvenience to the Metro riders was minuscule compared to what happened to Robinson: He was removed from the tracks via a rope system, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Scott Graham explained, and ended up losing his right foot, The Washington Post reported. After spending "months in the hospital, undergoing surgeries and hours and hours of therapy," he is doing better, and is now at his parents' home in Washington, DC's Petworth neighborhood, The Post recently reported. He's learning how to become independent …

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Man Hit by Train at Friendship Heights Metro 'Back on Track'

Victor Robinson was struck by a Metro train after he had an epileptic seizure and fell onto track bed.

Person Struck by Train at Friendship Heights

Red Line delays in both directions out of Friendship Heights.

Update, 9:30 a.m., Aug. 2: The man struck by a Metro train at Friendship Heights station on Aug.1 still remains hospitalized, according to Metro's media relations department. Update, 7:15 p.m., Aug. 1: Disruption in Metro service at Friendship Heights has been cleared, Metro reports. Update, 5:25 p.m., Aug. 1: Metro's Twitter feed reports that the Friendship Heights and Tenleytown Metro stations have reopened, but that trains continue to single-track between the Van Ness-UDC and Medical Center stations." Update, 5:15 p.m., Aug. 1: The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service's technical rescue team has removed the injured adult male, who was struck by a Metro train around 4 p.m., from the track bed of the Friendship Heights Metro station …

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