[See update at bottom] An uptown A train derailed inside the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station in Manhattan this morning. An MTA spokesperson confirmed that one of the train's wheels "went off the track" around 8:15 a.m.
According to the MTA, the train hit some debris in the trackbed as it pulled into the station, causing the derailment and cutting power to all four tracks. All passengers were safely evacuated, the MTA said in a statement.
The train "hit a few poles," according to a statement from the FDNY. Approximately 30 people were evacuated from the train, with one person sustaining minor injuries, the FDNY said.
Actor-writer David Lavine said he arrived in the station shortly after 8:15 a.m., soon after the derailment. There was smoke in the station's mezzanine level, but not enough for Lavine to be alarmed.
"I thought it could have been track work," Lavine said. After descending to the downtown platform, Lavine said he saw the damaged train on the uptown tracks. According to Lavine, the MTA workers at the scene "seemed calm."
As of 9:15 a.m., the MTA said all uptown A, C, D, E, and F trains were being rerouted. "There is no northbound service along 8 Av from Canal St to 59 St-Columbus Circle and extremely limited service in uptown Manhattan and the Bronx," the MTA said. C train service is currently suspended in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The MTA suggesting using "the numbered lines and N/Q lines as an alternative."
Subway train derailments are relatively rare in NYC but do happen. The most recent occurred in 2019, when an F train partially derailed in Queens (no one was hurt). Two years before that, an A train derailed in Harlem, injuring multiple straphangers.
Update 10:32 a.m.: An NYPD spokesperson says an unnamed 30-year-old man has been taken into custody by police, who are investigating whether he caused the derailment. The spokesperson had no further details, but police sources tell the Daily News that "a saboteur clamped wooden planks onto the roadbed." He was reportedly subdued by good Samaritans who "held him at the station until cops took him into custody." The News' sources added that the man was "laughing at his accomplishment."
NYC Transit Chief Customer Officer confirmed the derailment allegation on Twitter:
I am so angry that someone did this on purpose, but so thankful that no one was seriously injured. Don't mess with our subway--its for all of us!! https://t.co/FtEJUnOvhz
— Sarah Meyer (@SarahMeyerNYC) September 20, 2020
UPDATE: Two senior officials MTA & NYPD tell me a suspect is in custody after he was seen placing a object over the track bed prior to the train entering the station. He’s also believed to have placed a sandbag on the tracks at Fulton Street. https://t.co/gMl1K0k1Ks
— 𝐌𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐍. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 (@MylesMill) September 20, 2020
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