03/15/09 Queens EMS Run-Person under train.

[QUEENS1985]

03/15/09 0107

EMS TRAUMA BOX 7937 - Broadway and Elmhurst Ave...reporting person under a train.

Rescue 4 and Sq. 288 assigned.

BC46 - As per IND 806, we have a confirmed person under a train. Northbound power is off.

0114 - BC46, request power off express track k.

0118 - BC46 - Victim has been removed, still request power off express track.
                    (Queens advises still waiting to hear from transit.)

0126 - BC46 - All FD members are off the track, FD operations are concluded. Transit is
                    still on the track, they will call when power is restored.

Tactical support 1 10-8.

 

[LondonMedic]

Does this happen often in New York? We'll have them relatively often.

 

[catry]

I think there was a recent statistic that at least 2 people fall on the tracks daily.

 

[FDNYE54]

I think there was a recent statistic that at least 2 people fall on the tracks daily.

where was this statistic never heard of it

 

[FDNY150]

There's a difference, you have people that slip and fall on the tracks, then you have people who get hit by trains while standing on the platform, and then you have others who get run over on the tracks.