As Maria was headed to a job on the Upper Eastside yesterday, she grabbed a downtown 4 train from the Yankee Stadium station. She knew she would get to the gig in plenty of time to grab a coffee and be where she needed to be by 4pm. Her train abruptly stopped at 110th Street. The PA announced that due to a "sick passenger" the train was temporarily out of service. Now, the 4 is an express train, and 110th is not an express stop. So the track is no where near the platforms. A follow-up announcement had all passenger walk through the cars and towards the back of the train. This NEVER happens.
All could see out the windows that the NY Fire Department was called, and they were climbing onto the track from the platform with their equipment and a rescue stretcher. A conductor told us that someone was struck by the local train and was killed. But the local trains continued to run for a bit, and all the while the express (and all the passengers) were stuck and going nowhere for almost an hour at that point.
It turns out it was the train Maria was on that struck and killed the man. The details have not yet been released, but she can attest to the fact that there was no slamming on the brakes or the train speeding through stations. For someone to be on the express track - that takes willingness and inclination. The poor man.
Man killed by New York City subway train
by Associated PressTuesday September 15, 2009, 4:45 AM
NEW YORK -- Subway service on the Lexington Avenue line has been restored after a man was struck and killed by a subway train at a Manhattan station.
Authorities say the fatal accident occurred at about 4 p.m. Monday at the Lexington Avenue and 116th Street station. Some service on the three lines was suspended until shortly before 6 p.m.
Authorities did not immediately know the chain of events that led to the victim's death.
New York City police say the man's identity will be determined by the medical examiner.
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