North Station is the Boston T station that is at the Boston (TDBankNorth) Garden. It is a station for the Green Line and the Orange Line, as well as the terminus for the commuter trains that go to the northern suburbs. Its a busy place.
This evening, after a Celtics game at the Garden, a 20-something (intoxicated) woman fell off the platform on to the Orange Line tracks. Unlike the companion Green Line, the Orange Line has a 3rd rail that is electrified with a fatal voltage (600 volts, up to 1000 Amps)
An Orange Line train approached the station while the woman was still on the tracks...and appeared to be doomed. The passengers waiting stood on the edge of the platform and waved their hands frantically at the train, some pointing in to the pit.
The driver of the Orange Line train saw the gestures. Suspecting something had gone horribly wrong, she pulled the emergency brake for the train.
The train stopped. Part of the woman's body was covered by the front end of the train, but the train was able to stop before hitting her with any sort of significant force (if at all). Once the train was stoped, some of the passengers on the platform jumped in to the pit to pull the woman to safety.
The T driver is shaken up by the events, but fine. Everyone is crediting the quick thinking of the other passengers, and the prompt action of the T driver, with saving the woman's life.
Police say the woman that fell suffered only cuts and bruises, and will not be charged in the incident.
This evening, after a Celtics game at the Garden, a 20-something (intoxicated) woman fell off the platform on to the Orange Line tracks. Unlike the companion Green Line, the Orange Line has a 3rd rail that is electrified with a fatal voltage (600 volts, up to 1000 Amps)
An Orange Line train approached the station while the woman was still on the tracks...and appeared to be doomed. The passengers waiting stood on the edge of the platform and waved their hands frantically at the train, some pointing in to the pit.
The driver of the Orange Line train saw the gestures. Suspecting something had gone horribly wrong, she pulled the emergency brake for the train.
The train stopped. Part of the woman's body was covered by the front end of the train, but the train was able to stop before hitting her with any sort of significant force (if at all). Once the train was stoped, some of the passengers on the platform jumped in to the pit to pull the woman to safety.
The T driver is shaken up by the events, but fine. Everyone is crediting the quick thinking of the other passengers, and the prompt action of the T driver, with saving the woman's life.
Police say the woman that fell suffered only cuts and bruises, and will not be charged in the incident.
