Rockridge BART station closes for medical emergency

A “major medical emergency” has prompted the closure of BART’s Rockridge Station in Oakland on Monday afternoon.

The emergency was reported at 2:58 p.m. Trains are passing through the station in both directions without stopping, BART spokeswoman Anna Duckworth said.

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit buses are providing mutual aid between the MacArthur and Rockridge stations, Duckworth said. No other information about the medical emergency was immediately released by BART.