MTA employee injured in subway accident
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | A person with arms wrapped in bandages, said to be an MTA employee who was working somewhere near the 72nd Street 1-2-3 line, is helped onto a stretcher after he appeared to have been involved in an incident that burned his arms, according to police and fire officials at the scene. (July 11, 2012)
An MTA employee suffered burns on his arms Wednesday night after a southbound train came in contact with a signal box that was left open near the 72nd Street stop on the 1-2-3 line in Manhattan, officials said.
It was unclear whether the unidentified worker, who maintains signals, was burned after having touched an electrified rail or some other way, said Kevin Ortiz, a spokesman for the Metropolitan...
