Death at Ruggles [EDIT: Maybe not; news reports say he's being treated.]

[beowabbit]

As I was walking through Ruggles Station to get a Jamaican patty this morning (just a few minutes ago), there was a huge crowd of firefighters, and a few cops and EMTs. I saw that a large cluster of passengers was gathered in a clump between the turnstiles and the escalators, and the escalators were roped off. I asked the vendor if she knew what was going on, and she said that a young guy had jumped onto the tracks and been electrocuted. (Fortunately not hit by a train — that’s really rough on the conductors.)

Just after that, they wheeled the (presumed) body out of the elevator on a stretcher. They had an oxygen mask on him, but there was no sense of urgency, so I’m pretty sure they thought he was dead. *Sigh*.

There were at least 20 firefighters there. I imagine Orange Line service will be delayed for a while.

[Edit: This article says he’s “being treated for serious burns”, so evidently he didn’t die. Hope he recovers.]

Comments

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

Geeze. What a lousy start to your day. And what a lousy end to a life. Sorry he had to do it and you had to witness the aftermath.

Hugs,

Cory

(P. S. -- My new meds are making me groggy and stupid, so if I say anything out of line, it wasn't really me.)