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Massive drill bit, part of MTA's East Side Access project, nearly cuts into occupied F train in Quee |
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Posted by MTA T on Thu Oct 30 20:40:53 2014 A massive construction drill bit pierced a tunnel serving the F train and sliced the top and side of an occupied car in Queens on Thursday — but no one was injured as a result of the terrifying blunder.Roughly 800 passengers were aboard the F train at the time, transit officials said. The drill bit, being used as part of the MTA’s East Side Access project, made contact with the F train shortly after it left the 21st St. Station in Long Island City, triggering its emergency brakes to deploy at about 11:45 a.m., transit officials said. The train’s operator then made the stunning discovery of what happened. The bit, measuring 10 inches in diameter, extended through the tunnel's roof and reached platform-level. The bit apparently skimmed the top of at least one subway car and continued along the exterior wall of the car, as photos obtained by the Daily News reveal. It did not cut into the subway car — but was very close to doing so. A contractor working on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access project was operating the drill above ground near the 21st St. Station. The contractor was supposed to be expanding a construction well, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said. “They were off the mark,” Ortiz said. No one was injured, but it was an extremely close call, as the picture shows. New York Daily News No one was injured, but it was an extremely close call, as the picture shows. The East Side Access project, one of the MTA’s ongoing mega-projects, will bring Long Island Rail Road trains into Grand Central Station. Afterward, the MTA brought another train up behind the halted F train and riders were led through the relief train and into the 21st St. Station, which was just 700 feet from the scene of the penetration, officials said. The MTA identified the contractor as Griffin Dewatering New England, Inc. A company representative could not immediately be reached for comment. “Obviously this is under investigation, and we’ll take it from there,” Ortiz said when questioned about the possibility of punitive action. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/massive-drill-bit-cuts-occupied-f-train-article-1.1993584 Damn son |
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