UPDATE: G Train Derails, Strands 100-Plus Riders

Image courtesy of Katie Lorah/Instagram

UPDATE: As of Friday at 4:30 p.m., G Train service has been fully restored, albeit with a few “residual delays.”

A southbound G Train traveling through Brooklyn around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday night derailed just south of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, near Boerum Hill, a spokesman for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) told Patch.

Approximately 100 passengers riding the train had to be escorted down the pitch-black subway tunnel by first responders and evacuated through an emergency exit, according to the FDNY.

As of 12 a.m., the G Train was reportedly not running between Church Avenue (in Kensington) and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues (in Bed-Stuy) in both directions.

“It only took 14 years of living in NYC but... True life! My train derailed and we got evacuated through the tunnel!” wrote passenger Katie Lorah on Instagram.

Three very minor injuries were reported.