FILE: Metro Red Line train. Photo by John Schreiber.
FILE: Metro Red Line train. Photo by John Schreiber.

Updated at 3:14 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2015

A man was fatally struck Friday by a Metro Red Line train in Studio City.

Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the Universal/Studio City station at 11:50 a.m., where the unidentified victim ended up beneath the train, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Ramon Montenegro of the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau said the victim was a male, but did not know his age.

Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives were investigating the fatality, he said.

Metro advised riders to expect delays of up to 20 minutes.

City News Service

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