Update: MTA Police Confirm One Dead after Leaving Train Traveling Between Westport and East Norwalk Stations

After an incident that stopped railway service between East Norwalk and Greens Farms Station this afternoon, the MTA has released information that describes one individual was killed after leaving a train car while it was traveling between the Westport and East Norwalk Stations.

Press Release, MTA Spokesman Aaron Donovan: 

The MTA Police are investigating a report that a 45-year-old male left a westbound Metro-North train at approximately 11:27 a.m. as the train was traveling between Westport and East Norwalk. The individual was pronounced deceased.

Metro-North service is suspended between South Norwalk and Southport. [now restored].

The train, carrying 150 passengers, was the scheduled 10:38 a.m. departure from New Haven, due into Grand Central at 12:50 p.m. As of 12:45 p.m., those customers have been transferred to another train.

Update, 2:11 p.m.

Metro-North service will resume on the New Haven Line at Green's Farms, Westport and East Norwalk beginning with the 1:18 PM train departing New Haven and the 1:03 PM train departing Grand Central Terminal.

Metro North Service Restored after an Hour of Delay

Update: MTA Police Department confirm that one person was confirmed deceased after they left a moving train car, providing this statement.

Metro North service was restored this afternoon after an unknown issue caused the trains to stop running between East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms Stations, according to the MTA. The service was paused in the area around noon, with stopped trains visible from the West End Avenue neighborhoods.

MTA announced that the railway traffic would resume to East Norwalk, Westport, and Greens Farms stations “beginning with the 1:18 PM train departing New Haven and the 1:03 PM train departing Grand Central Terminal.” Westport Police and MTA Police departments were on scene.

No cause for the delay has been made available.

Traffic Continues: Car Accident on Merritt Parkway Slows Southbound Movement

A car accident with multiple patients was reported around 5:45 today as first responders made their way to the southbound scene, north of exit 42. No word on injuries or what caused the accident.

This continues a day filled with heavy traffic in the local area, with I-95 and local streets all feeling the effects of more motorists getting behind the wheel.

Car Accident Shuts Down North Compo Road from Evergreen Avenue to Main Street

A single vehicle car accident was reported around 11:15 this morning in the area of Compo Road North and Evergreen Avenue.

Police, fire, EMS, towing, and Eversource personnel responded to the area - requiring Compo Road North to be closed down between Evergreen Avenue and Main Street. No word on injuries or the cause of the accident.

The road was re-opened shortly before 1:00 PM.