Firefighters Help Man Out From Under MBTA Red Line Train

BOSTON — Firefighters helped rescue a man who was trapped under the Red Line train Friday morning. The rescue prompted delays across the Red Line for about a half hour, according to the MBTA.

Around 8 a.m. crews were called to the Fields Corner MBTA station for a report of a person under the Red Line train. A technical rescue team was able to remove the person, who was conscious and alert, according to fire officials. Boston EMS took the man to the hospital, but the extent of his condition is not known.

Neither is it known how the man got under the train. However, Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan told Patch they believed man was in the wrong.

"The male was trespassing in the right of way," he said.

Mass. Gen. Law. Ch 160, Section 218 says it is against the law for any person to be on railroad property or tracks unless they are at a crossing where tracks cross a bike path, roadway or pedestrian walkway, like the platform.

"Transit Police detectives continue to gather facts and investigate the circumstances," according to MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo.

This appears to be the first instance of an MBTA train colliding with a pedestrian so far in 2019.

In 2018, the MBTA reported 106 accidents, down from 141 in 2017. Last year there were eight fatalities reported, down from 15 the previous year. Since 2009, the MBTA has reported 1,311 accident reports, including 50 deaths, according to Federal Safety data.

While some reported they were impressed at how quickly MBTA responded:

Others, were less so,

The Fields Corner stop serves the Ashmont branch of the Red Line near Dorchester Avenue at Charles Street. It opened in 1927.

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Photo up top courtesy Boston Fire Department.