Subway collides with small object causing smoke and panic among riders

The 59th Road and Lexington station was crammed with smoke Monday night after an incoming 6 practice collided with an unidentified object.
William Miller

Commuters on a rush-hour practice had been despatched working for the exits in a panic after a subway hit an object on the tracks and brought on the 59th Road and Lexington station to fill with smoke on Monday night.

The frantic scene unfolded simply after 6 p.m. as a northbound 6 path struck the unidentified object because it pulled into the station, the MTA and FDNY mentioned.

When the practice doorways opened a “mad rush of individuals” filed out and fled out of the station, straphanger Frazer Rice instructed The Put up.

“Folks had been undoubtedly sprinting to the left after which two cops walked by, appeared inside on the individuals confused within the subway automobile and mentioned ‘Get out now.’ And we obtained out and everybody else was form of working and that was about it,” recalled Rice, who was heading uptown from Spring Road.

It wasn’t instantly clear what the practice struck. No accidents had been reported.

The NYPD confirmed that officers had been on scene to assist evacuate commuters from the smoke.

Rice, who mentioned he didn't see any smoke himself, mentioned he believed the panic began when different riders noticed individuals sprinting and determined they need to too.

Northbound 4/5/6 trains are working with delays after we investigated a report of smoke at 59 St.
Northbound 5/6 trains have resumed making regular stops. https://t.co/1uFlIcAd3x

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“Till the doorways opened, I believe individuals noticed individuals begin transferring to hurry to the left however there wasn’t something to elicit panic. However when the doorways opened it was fairly clear individuals had been working after which individuals obtained out.”

“The 2 cops who had been there have been on the scene in a short time,” he added. “The doorways opened and it couldn’t have been greater than 5 or 10 second that they had been on the best way to the rear of the platform and saying ‘alright, everyone get out.’”

The incident impacted service alongside the 4-5-6 traces, nevertheless, which had been working with delays by 6:45 p.m., the MTA mentioned in a tweet.