26-year-old Woman Falls on L Train Tracks, is OK!
A 26-year-old woman fell into the tracks at Union Square yesterday evening, creating a flurry of police activity and concerned commuters. According to Gothamist, CBS & the New York Post, here’s what happened: The woman fainted and fell onto the tracks after feeling “dizzy,” and was run over by an 8th Avenue-bound L train.
CBS: “Emergency Medical Technicians who first reached her were shocked to find nothing more than a few cuts to her head.”
Gothamist commenter: “I was there and saw the whole thing. The train DID NOT stop before hitting her, it went right over her. I don’t know why they would say that it stopped, but hopefully the part about her being OK is true.”
NYPOST: “Cops said the woman may have fainted and there was no criminality.”
Reports differ as to whether or not the train stopped, but either way, she must’ve fallen into the middle portion between the tracks as she didn’t suffer any serious injuries other than cuts on her head. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital. According to a witness who tweeted about the scene, “she may have lived cuz she was sort of lying down in the middle.”
