The bodies of people who were hit by a train in the subway of new York (or who themselves jumped under a train) I can spend hours lying in rooms of rest of employees of the MTA.
This was reported by representatives of the trade Union of transport workers (TWU), which calls for the municipality to reduce the time of arrival at the scene the forensic experts.
«Mayor bill de Blasio and his administration are unable to provide sufficient medical personnel for such cases», — reads the statement of the TWU. «It is unacceptable that metro employees suffered similar at work.»
As told AMNY, the representative of the MTA Shams Tarek, first on the scene, the police arrive, it usually happens within a few minutes. The MTA at this time, turns off the voltage on ways to ensure the safety of law enforcement officers. But physicians who have to verify death and take the body, you have to wait long enough.
«It is imperative that any person who died in the subway, quickly moved. This humanity towards the deceased, and gives you the opportunity to restore the movement of trains as soon as possible,» said Tarek.
In the mayor’s office said the average waiting time of forensics in emergency situations, even reduced compared to the 2016-th year from 2.4 hours to 1.9 hours.
«In 2014, the mayor also increased the number of medical personnel in that Department on 127 people,» — said the representative of the administration of de Blasio.
In 2015, 50 people died under the trains of the subway in new York.
