Calif. man climbs on top of train, refusing orders to get down for hours
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Authorities say service on a light rail system south of San Francisco is severely delayed Thursday morning due to an overnight standoff with a man who climbed on top of a train and has refused to come down.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the incident began around 1:20 a.m. as a train was heading back to the rail yard at the end of service.
It was then that the operator spotted a man on the tracks in San Jose and stopped the train.
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But the man then climbed atop of the train and tried to grab the electrified wires. Power was shut off quickly.
Brandi Childress, a spokeswoman for the Valley Transportation Authority, which operates the commuter train, said the man continued not to budge during the morning commute. Bus bridges are set up.
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