Thursday and Friday morning, the employees of the MTA urgently checked all overhead lines underground throughout the city. They searched under the train tracks wooden beams, which, when detected, immediately dismantled and taken away. These precautions were due to an incident that occurred on Thursday, February 21, in the second half of the day in Woodside (Queens). On the car top fell off one of those wooden beams and struck the windshield.
Once on the overpass on Roosevelt Avenue rode the subway (7 train), suddenly fell down a piece of wood. She just fell on the road and landed in a moving SUV Chevrolet Tahoe 2017 model year and broke his windshield.
The driver, 41-year-old Mahbub Mal lodha, chief justice, finished my shift at LYFT and drove towards his house. Male, clearly, «born in a shirt». As he approached the 65th Street, a long beam pierced his car, it was only a few inches away from him and stuck in the passenger seat. The man didn’t have a scratch, but it still was a long time in a state of shock.
«Many people came up and talked to me, but I couldn’t answer,» he said.
54-year-old Bobby Ramiro from the nearest branch of urgent medical aid in LAMD Clinic arrived on a call on the scene. He said that a man, even though he was without a scratch, but was in a disoriented state. According to him, Mal lodha, chief justice shaking, confused looked around and could not answer if he’s okay.
Member of Council of the borough of Queens, Jimmy van Bramer in his Twitter published a photo of the accident.
A track from the 7 train just crashed down upon a car driving around 65th Street in Woodside, piercing through the windshield. These photos are horrifying! pic.twitter.com/fBjxItlK7Q
— Jimmy Van Bramer (@JimmyVanBramer) February 21, 2019
«This is one of the worst accidents I have ever seen,» said van Bramer. — «The driver could have died from the MTA should be immediately investigated causes of the accident. The perpetrators must be brought to justice.»
It is reported that after the incident, the employees of NYC Transit took out some wooden boards left from the old working platform. The MTA has promised to check all above-ground metro lines for the presence of similar structures.
«We are very serious about this incident and are investigating the incident. Our staff is busy checking overhead lines, we’re glad no one was hurt,» — said in a statement the MTA.
