WASHINGTON — Metro Transit Police are warning passengers about a serious safety risk – do not cross the rail tracks.
Metro wants everyone to remember that no shortcut is worth your life.
WUSA9 obtained a video from Friday at L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station that shows a person jumping down onto the tracks and jumping over the dangerous electrified rails to get to the opposite platform.
A train pulling into the station had to stop early in order to avoid hitting this person.
Metro Transit police also recently released another video of someone else doing the same thing.
The electrified third rail is charged with about 750 volts of power, which is enough to kill you.
And apparently, this happens a lot. According to Metro, there have been 32 incidents since May.
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