Traffic & Transit
Subway Escalator Shreds Apart During Rush Hour In Midtown
An escalator at the Fifth Ave./53rd Street E and M train station broke into pieces Monday morning.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY - An escalator in the Fifth Ave./53rd Street subway station broke into a mangled mess during Monday's morning rush hour. The incident, which happened around 9:00 a.m. at the E and M train station, left rush hour commuters with just one upward escalator, according to the New York Post.
Still shaking. I heard a loud crash while I was coming up the escalator at 5thAv/53rd St and saw this right in front of me. Could’ve shredded someone’s foot. @MTA @NYCTSubway you are playing with people’s safety! @Gothamist pic.twitter.com/15YWne67ns
— lolitapop9 (@lolitapop9) February 25, 2019
"The steps got caught with the comb plate. If someone’s foot got caught they could’ve been hurt, but that didn’t happen, thank God,” an MTA employee at the subway station told the Post.
The MTA will immediately begin inspecting all 231 escalators in the subway system, a spokesman said.
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