No one was injured when a train derailed on a New York City subway overpass on Wednesday, but passengers remained trapped in cars on the tracks running above a Coney Island street until they could be evacuated about an hour later. Ta.
The incident occurred nearly a week after a collision and derailment in Manhattan that left more than 20 people with minor injuries.
Uptown New York City train derails, crashes at start of afternoon rush, investigation underway
In the latest derailment, the wheels of a Manhattan-bound F train fell off the tracks running above West Sixth Street between Brooklyn's Eighth Avenue and Neptune Avenue stations at around 12:20 p.m., officials said in the capital. Megan Keegan, Regional Transportation Authority spokeswoman, said. .
Coney Island buildings have signs posted for the area in which they are located. (FoxNews.com/Perry Chiaramonte)
New York City Fire Department Chief Michael Mandala said at a news conference that two rescue trains were dispatched to either side of the stranded train, and all 37 passengers and crew, including three crew members, were evacuated in an hour's work. . Briefing session.
The cause of the derailment is still under investigation. But MTA New York City Transit Authority President Richard Davey said at a news conference late Wednesday afternoon that there may have been “an issue with the tracks” and officials are checking to see if the tracks are straight. Then he said.
“Obviously we are aware that there was an issue last week as well and we will get to the bottom of whatever the issue is. But at this point there does not appear to be a connection between last week's collision and today's derailment.” Not at all,” Davey said.
Davey said a crane was sent in to re-rail the train, with plans to return the line to service on Thursday morning.
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As of late Wednesday afternoon, Brooklyn's F trains remained “severely disrupted” by the derailment, with no service near the incident and limited service elsewhere in the borough, Subway said. I wrote it on (old Twitter).
