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.