In this file photo, passengers board a train at the Castro Valley BART station.
In this file photo, passengers board a train at the Castro Valley BART station.
Photo: Michael Macor, The ChroniclePassengers at the Coliseum station await a southbound train on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
Passengers at the Coliseum station await a southbound train on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
Photo: Brant Ward, The ChronicleClick through to see violent crimes reported by Bay Area cities in 2015, starting with the cities that reported the highest incidents of violent crime. Statistics from the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2015.
Click through to see violent crimes reported by Bay Area cities in 2015, starting with the cities that reported the highest incidents of violent crime. Statistics from the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2015.
Fairfield
Population: 112,582
Violent crime: 486
Fairfield
Population: 112,582
Violent crime: 486
Concord
Population: 128,767
Violent crime: 491
Concord
Population: 128,767
Violent crime: 491
Berkeley
Population: 120,387
Violent crime: 530
Berkeley
Population: 120,387
Violent crime: 530
Hayward
Population: 157,157
Violent crime: 556
Hayward
Population: 157,157
Violent crime: 556
Santa Rosa
Population: 175,738
Violent crime: 606
Santa Rosa
Population: 175,738
Violent crime: 606
Antioch
Population: 110,537
Violent crime: 771
Antioch
Population: 110,537
Violent crime: 771
Vallejo
Population: 121,257
Violent crime: 1,031
Vallejo
Population: 121,257
Violent crime: 1,031
San Jose
Population: 1,031,458
Violent crime: 3,400
San Jose
Population: 1,031,458
Violent crime: 3,400
Oakland
Population: 419,481
Violent crime: 6,051
Oakland
Population: 419,481
Violent crime: 6,051
San Francisco
Population: 863,782
Violent crime: 6,710
San Francisco
Population: 863,782
Violent crime: 6,710
Orinda
Population: 19,311
Violent crime: 5
Orinda
Population: 19,311
Violent crime: 5
Mill Valley
Population: 14,527
Violent crime: 4
Mill Valley
Population: 14,527
Violent crime: 4
Atherton
Population: 7,205
Violent crime: 3
Atherton
Population: 7,205
Violent crime: 3
Hillsborough
Population: 11,559
Violent crime: 1
Hillsborough
Population: 11,559
Violent crime: 1
Los Altos Hills
Population: 8,485
Violent crime: 1
Los Altos Hills
Population: 8,485
Violent crime: 1
Kensington
Population: 5,329
Violent crime: 1
Kensington
Population: 5,329
Violent crime: 1
Belvedere
Population: 2,144
Violent crime: 0
Belvedere
Population: 2,144
Violent crime: 0
Monte Sereno
Population: 3,582
Violent crime: 0
Monte Sereno
Population: 3,582
Violent crime: 0
Ross
Population: 2,500
Violent crime: 0
Ross
Population: 2,500
Violent crime: 0
Los Altos
Population: 30,598
Violent crime: 6
Los Altos
Population: 30,598
Violent crime: 6
A recent string of robberies on BART trains took a frightening turn when dozens of juveniles swarmed an Oakland station over the weekend and commandeered a train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones and leaving at least two with head injuries, witnesses told the transit agency.
The incident — the first of its kind in recent memory — occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Coliseum Station.
According to a police officials, witnesses said 40 to 60 juveniles flooded the station, jumped the fare gates and rushed to the second-story train platform. Some of the robbers apparently held open the doors of a Dublin-bound train car while others streamed inside, confronting and robbing and in some cases beating riders.
The juveniles “committed multiple strong-arm robberies of bags and cell phones,” said a police summary prepared after the incident. “At least two victims suffered head/facial injuries requiring medical attention.”
Alicia Trost, a BART spokeswoman, said Monday that seven robberies had occurred — with victims losing a purse, a duffel bag and five phones. Six people were robbed inside the train car, with a seventh confronted on the platform, she said.
The attack was quick, police reported, and the teenagers were able to retreat from the station and vanish into the surrounding East Oakland neighborhood before BART officers could respond. The train that was hit was held for about 15 minutes as authorities investigated the crime and tended to the injured.
“We are in the process of pulling all surveillance video and we will share with Oakland police, Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Housing Authority to see if they can help identify the minors,” Trost said. “We have had success with sharing images of juveniles with this group and identifying and making arrests in the past.”
The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the suspects appear to be minors.
BART is also checking with Oakland police to see if any other incidents Saturday night — such as a big house party being broken up — might shed light on the identity of the suspects.
A series of robberies on BART trains in recent weeks has prompted the agency to increase patrols — though this was apparently the first takeover-style heist.
The incident is likely to present a challenge for BART, which hired a new police chief last week. The agency has struggled to contain fare evaders, and is in the midst of installing surveillance cameras in train cars after The Chronicle reported that most of the existing cameras were decoys.
Demian Bulwa is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dbulwa@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @demianbulwa
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