Late-Morning Jolt: Subway Derailment in Queens Injures 19
Source: NY Times
The F train slithered across Woodside, Queens, without incident at first, its passengers bound for jobs and late-morning appointments in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
But as the train hurtled past the 65th Street station around 10:30 a.m., passengers said, the ride turned earthquakelike: Standing passengers tumbled to the floor, the train ground to a stop and travelers peered through the car windows to find themselves listing to the left of the tracks.
In fact, the authorities said, the middle six cars on the eight-car train had derailed, causing 19 injuries — four “potentially serious,” according to the New York Fire Department — and setting off a wide-scale effort to reach about 1,000 passengers who were stranded underground.
“Nobody really knew whether or not the train was going to roll,” said Bryan Greene, 30, who was heading to his office in Union Square. “Everyone was waiting for that moment to come, and when it didn’t, it was a sigh of relief.”
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