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Man found dead atop train at SEPTA station on Market-Frankford Line

Circumstances surrounding the death are not yet clear.

Officials examine the top of an El car after a body was found on top of it at the Market-Frankford Line's Girard Avenue station on Feb. 3, 2020.
Officials examine the top of an El car after a body was found on top of it at the Market-Frankford Line's Girard Avenue station on Feb. 3, 2020.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer

Police are investigating after a man was found dead Monday atop a train at the Girard Avenue station on the Market-Frankford Line.

The incident was reported about 11:30 a.m. Firefighters removed the body, described by officials as an adult male, from the top of the train. Police were reviewing surveillance video. Shuttle buses were used between the Spring Garden and Berks stations for more than two hours.