Traffic & Transit
Person Hit By F Train In Brooklyn: MTA
A person was hit by an F train at the Jay Street-MetroTech station Wednesday morning. F trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn were stalled.
DOWNTOWN, BROOKLYN — A person was hit by an F train in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday morning, according to the MTA.
The person was hit at Jay Street-MetroTech station shortly before 10 a.m., according to transit officials.
The incident stalled F trains between Manhattan's West Fourth Street stop and Brooklyn's Bergen Street station. Service had started back up by 10:25 a.m., though MTA officials said to expect delays while the trains got back on schedule.
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The person hit was sent to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, according to the FDNY.
There are delays and service changes while NYPD and EMS assist a person that was struck by an F train at Jay St - MetroTech. Southbound F trains are not running between W 4 St - Wash Sq and Bergen St.https://t.co/wyTV1pLlMh
— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. Fill out the Census. (@NYCTSubway) July 29, 2020
The incident is at least the second time a person was hit by a train in Brooklyn this week.
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Another person was hit by an L train at the Halsey Street station on Monday morning. That person was sent to the hospital.
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