New Details On Man Who Fell Off Bridgeport Train Platform: Update

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A man suffered minor injuries Monday night when authorities said he fell off the platform and onto the train tracks at the Water Street station in Bridgeport.

The incident occurred just before 9 p.m., and the man rolled under, but was not hit by, an Amtrak train, according to Tiadora Josef, Bridgeport's Director of Public Information.

"Investigation found the man was stumbling on the platform and unsteady on his feet before falling; landing halfway between the train and the platform," Josef wrote in a statement. "He did not make contact with the train."

Initial reports incorrectly indicated that the man had become wedged between a train and the platform.

Personnel from the Bridgeport Police Department, fire department, American Medical Response and Metropolitan Transportation Authority all responded to the scene.

All parties safely made it off the tracks, Josef said, and the man was treated at St. Vincent's Medical Center for his injuries.