Woman struck by light-rail train at Richmond Heights

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) -- A woman is recovering after being pulled about 20 feet by a MetroLink light-rail train that struck her Monday.

Transit agency spokeswoman Dianne Williams says the woman was struck at 9 a.m. at the Richmond Heights station in suburban St. Louis.

She was taken to the hospital for scrapes, bruises and broken bones.

Williams says the woman apparently was focused on the eastbound train she was trying to catch, and didn't look to her left to notice an approaching westbound train. She was wearing a headset and apparently didn't hear the train either.

The operator of the westbound train, traveling about 20 mph into the station, saw her, and applied brakes.

Williams said the woman was struck while standing at a cross walk.