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Man critically injured after jumping off Beijing subway platform

Xinhua, November 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

A man was critically injured after he jumped off a subway platform in downtown Beijing on Thursday.

The man fell onto the subway rails at Gongzhufen Station along Line One at 1:14 p.m., according to the Beijing Subway Company. Line One is one of the oldest subway lines, running between eastern and western Beijing.

He was critically injured and remains in emergency care, and it is not known whether his actions were intended to be suicidal, sources with the company said.

Police are working to confirm the man's identity.

The electrical current was cut off after the incident and operations resumed about 13 minutes later, the company said in a statement. Subway operations remain stable, it said. Endi