A woman was found dead along MARTA tracks in southwest Atlanta early Saturday, according to authorities, after surveillance footage later showed she had entered the tracks shortly after midnight. An operator discovered the body near a station as the sun came up, and MARTA has launched an internal investigation while police wait for the medical examiner’s findings.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the operator spotted the woman’s body near a station around 7 a.m., and platform surveillance indicated she stepped onto the tracks at about 12:08 a.m. MARTA police found her in the center trackway and released the body to the medical examiner. A cause of death is still pending, but the agency believes the woman died by suicide, according to the outlet. Investigators have reviewed forward-facing train camera footage and have been interviewing employees who passed through the area overnight.
Deadly incidents on or near MARTA rail lines have halted trains before and repeatedly stirred up safety questions. The system was disrupted for hours in June 2024 when a June 2024 case that shut down service near Candler Park for hours forced service suspensions, and FOX 5 Atlanta reported a separate fatal train strike in southwest Atlanta in April 2025. Those earlier cases led to short-term single-tracking, bus bridges and fresh scrutiny of lighting and platform safety…