A man was struck by a train at the Fulton Street station in Lower Manhattan shortly after 8 a.m. today. An NYPD spokesperson said the man jumped in front of the train, and an FDNY spokesman said the man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition.
The rescue effort and ongoing investigation caused the MTA to suspend A and C train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and halted C train service between Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn and 168th Street in Manhattan. There was no A service between Broadway Junction and Chambers Street in either direction, and Manhattan-bound A trains simply terminated at Euclid Avenue. Good thing nobody needs to get into Manhattan at 8 a.m. on a Tuesday morning.
What happens when your C train gets evacuated at rush hour pic.twitter.com/m3vjnBm4xb
— Ben Eisen (@BenEisen) October 18, 2016
Everybody is just walking and have no clue how they're getting to work from #Brooklyn @mta. What is going on?! #ATrain #CTrain #NoService pic.twitter.com/d6Qzi2lr2h
— Devonta White (@FitFlyFellow) October 18, 2016
The MTA has reached new heights just had to evacuate a train by walking the length of it and then jumping onto a dif train HALP ME DEBLASIO
— Anna Swartz (@Anna_Snackz) October 18, 2016
Just got to Nostrand Ave and it looks like a Summer Street Fair packed with people because the A/C train is not running @mta. #NoService pic.twitter.com/SNYhrjjsUX
— Devonta White (@FitFlyFellow) October 18, 2016
Me: I'm gonna get to work a bit earlier today.
A/C train: Nah.— Anuli (@anuliwashere) October 18, 2016
The MTA now says service has resumed, but there are still significant residual delays. (Notify NYC apparently didn't get the memo.)
It was no picnic on the F train either, if that makes you feel any better.
#ServiceAlert: n/b F trains are running with delays due to signal problems at Avenue X. Allow additional travel time.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) October 18, 2016
UPDATE: One commuter says he was one of many stuck on a train between High Street in Brooklyn and Fulton Street in Manhattan for over an hour, until everyone on board was finally evacuated to another train.
An hour in, evacuation starting, we are to walk car by car and then a small 4 foot jump to the next train pic.twitter.com/qmGYsiOF8H
— 💾 Andrew Schneider (@ndrw) October 18, 2016
Just made the jump; was closer to 2 feet than 4 like we were told. People helping kids across. pic.twitter.com/1De8hrDMO4
— 💾 Andrew Schneider (@ndrw) October 18, 2016
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