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The NY Times reports that a stalled train may have indirectly caused an MTA transit worker to be fatally struck by a train at the Columbus Circle station Tuesday night. Veteran worker Daniel Boggs had been in the downtown express tracks when a 3 train hit him, and some sources say the 3 train was diverted to the express tracks because another train uptown was stalled on the local tracks. From the Times:
If not for the stalled train, which was farther uptown, the train that struck Mr. Boggs, a veteran track worker, would have been on the local track because of the replacement of switches and rails that was scheduled for the express track at Columbus Circle, said the people familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the inquiry is incomplete.New NYC Transit Authority president Howard Roberts Jr. promised to "leave no stone unturned" during the investigation.But they said that officials in the local control tower and in the main rail control center who gave permission for the train to proceed may not have been notified that the track work had begun.
One of the people briefed on the investigation said that a work train had passed on the same track a short time before and that as a result Mr. Boggs may have mistakenly believed that the track was closed to regular trains.
Friends and colleagues remembered Boggs was a wonderful guy who loved his job and family. The operator of the 3 train that hit Roberts is "devastated," according to union sources and Boggs' daughter told the Post her dad was "a really great man" and "My mom is really devastated right now."
Photograph of last fall's work on Columbus Circle's IND track
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Danny, you will be missed. One day I will try to drink down a Super Big Gulp in your memory. I remember a lot of fun times and a lot of gritty times. We all had our share of heartaches and good times down in the hole and up on the structure. You always had to see all your chess games through even past quiting time. Without you no one would have found out about those important union members papers that where thrown in the trash when Sonny Halls' old guard failed to stay in power in track department. What you and a few others found that day by chance was a trumpet call for Roger Toussaint when he was the track chairman. A family man first above all, a union man on the job and a good American in between. You will be missed by many.