Passenger Stabbed on VTA Train, Rushed to Hospital

A person has been rushed to Stanford hospital after being stabbed on a VTA train.

The stabbing was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on a train traveling along Tasman Drive from Sunnyvale to San Jose, officials said.

NBC Bay Area has been told a passenger alerted the train operator over an intercom that someone had been stabbed. There were 30 people on the train at the time.

A suspect is in custody, transportation and public safety officials said.
 
The victim was taken to a Stanford Hospital with multiple stab wounds.

The train was held at  the Reamwood station and the passengers had to get  off and transfer to a different train, VTA spokeswoman Colleen Valles said.

Since the stabbing happened on board the train, the Santa Clara  County Sheriff's Office is handling the investigation.

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