Someone Was Pulled from Under the Red Line and Survived
MBTA service has resumed after am unidentified person described as "conscious and alert" was rescued at Fields Corner.
Photos via Boston Fire Department on Twitter
A man trapped beneath a train at Fields Corner Friday morning, bringing the Red Line Ashmont branch to a halt at rush hour, appears to have survived.
Fire officials say the victim, who has not been identified, was “conscious and alert” after a rescue effort by first responders.
The MBTA first reported a person struck by a train at the stop at 8:13 a.m. and announced that service between JFK and Ashmont would be replaced with shuttle buses. The T announced at 9:09 that service would resume and that shuttle buses would be phased out.
Meanwhile, Boston Fire worked to respond to a person trapped underneath the train, and announced shortly before service resumed that the person had been rescued alive. The extent of the their injuries was not immediately clear.
Approx 8:00 response to the Fields Corner MBTA for a report of a person under the Red Line train pic.twitter.com/WtaWhWM2xE
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) January 11, 2019
A technical rescue team was able to remove the person ,who was conscious and alert and was taken by Boston EMS . pic.twitter.com/DvKuj95tCe
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) January 11, 2019
