A person on the tracks was hit by a BART train at the Walnut Creek station Monday morning and escaped major injury, authorities said.
The incident was originally reported at about 10:30 a.m. A BART spokesperson said that a person entered the trackway for an unknown reason when a train approached, and a collision may have occurred. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District later confirmed that a person was hit by the train, and BART spokesperson Michelle Robertson said the person was taken to a hospital.
Major delays followed the incident on the Yellow Line in the Antioch and San Francisco International Airport directions, BART said. The Walnut Creek station, which was closed temporarily, reopened at about 11:16 a.m…