The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has shared a traffic advisory due to a train striking a person on Sunday evening. The person did not survive.
Per MCPD, “Game Preserve Road is shut down between Rt. 355 and Clopper Road. A person has been struck by a train. This will be an extended closure. Drivers are advised to seek an alternate route.”
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services chief spokesperson Pete Piringer shared that there was a report of a person struck by a train on the CSX tracks in the area of the one lane bridge on Game Preserve Rd. and the person did not survive. Piringer also provided the the following update, “CSX RR tracks Gaithersburg/Germantiwn, CSX RR ra traffic stopped, NORTH LOOKOUT @mcfrs PE734 at Mateny Rd Germantown xing & DOUTH LOOKOUT E753B Chestnut St Gaithersburg Xing NOTE: Traffic Advisory Game Preserve Road shut down/Closed Rt355 and Clopper Road”