Mounting two trains collided in a tunnel under the East river: injured worker MTA

Mounting two trains collided in a tunnel under the East river: injured worker MTA

On Wednesday morning, two construction and Assembly trains collided in a tunnel under the East river connecting Manhattan and Queens. During the emergency, was badly injured employee of the transport Department in new York. The victim was taken to the subway station Lexington Avenue — 53rd street, and then some firemen carried him on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance.

According to the fire Department, the worker was admitted to the hospital Bellevue.

The incident occurred in the tunnel, the technician trains E and M. At the moment it is being rebuilt, so the accident did not affect operation of the metro.

In the transport Department said that the time of impact of the train remained on the rails. At the moment the cause of the collision to investigate.

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