Man on fire after falling to subway tracks at Port Authority, contacting third rail, taken in critical condition to hospital, authorities say. Subway delays are ongoing.
No information on the victim was immediately available other than that he is a man; subway service is affected in the areaA man caught fire after falling onto the subway tracks at Port Authority Bus Terminal and contacting the electrified third rail Thursday, police say. They thought he was dead but were able to revive him, they said.
According to police, the man somehow fell onto the southbound A line track at the 42nd Street hub around 8 a.m., at the height of the morning rush at one of the city's busiest transit centers.No criminality is suspected, police say.
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