MARC, CSX shut down through Gaithersburg

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – MARC and CSX trains are not running through Gaithersburg.

Trains are shut down in both directions at Oakmont Avenue in Gaithersburg after a man was struck by a MARC train.

The man’s injuries are serious but not life-threatening, according to Capt. Oscar Garcia, a Montgomery County Fire and EMS spokesperson.

It happened around 8:30 a.m.

The accident is under investigation.

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