Green Line light-rail service was running again fully in St. Paul on Thursday night about an hour after a pedestrian was hit by a train, Metro Transit said.
The injuries, including a possible broken leg, were not believed to be life-threatening, said Drew Kerr, a Metro Transit spokesman. The man was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Kerr said, and no one on the train was hurt.
The eastbound train hit the man about 6:30 p.m., in the area of the Western Avenue station. The man was in a designated crossing area near University Avenue and Arundel Street when he made contact with the side of the train, Kerr said.
"Preliminary investigation suggests the pedestrian may not have seen the train moving through the crossing area," Kerr said in a statement.
For an hour, buses replaced train service between the Capitol/Rice Street and Hamline stations, as Metro Transit police and medical crews responded.
The train's driver will be tested for drug and alcohol use, which is standard in any incident, Kerr said.
On Aug. 31, a Green Line train near the Minneapolis-St. Paul border hit and killed a female pedestrian wearing headphones. Shana G. Buchanan, 42, was struck near the Westgate station.
Transit officials said then that 11 people had been killed by light-rail trains since they began running in Minneapolis a decade ago. Most were pedestrians.
