UPDATED: 8:16 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA police are investigating the circumstances around a person found dead on top of a Market-Frankford train at Girard Station.
The body was discovered Monday just before noon. There’s no word yet on the person’s identity or how the person ended up on top of the train. Police are looking at surveillance video.
Full service has been restored on the Market-Frankford Line as of 2:15 p.m.
MFL: Passengers may board trains from regular platform locations from Berks to Spring Garden Stations. The emergency personnel have cleared from the track area. Expect residual delays.
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February 3, 2020 "There is no reason why anyone should be on top of a train, it's heart-wrenching," said SEPTA's Carla Showell-Lee.
She says the male victim was in his 20s.
She also says it will be up to the Philadelphia medical examiner to determine exactly how he died.
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KYW Newsradio's Pat Toddy contributed to this report.
