WE’VE HAVE LIVE REPORTS AT THE
TOP OF EACH OTHER.
>>> NOW, TO THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBWAY
DERAILMENT ALTERNATE 96th ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE.
THE MTA CHAIR SAYS THERE WAS
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS OVERNIGHT.
AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
TODAY TRAINS ARE STILL NOT
RUNNING. NEWS 4’S ROMNEY SMITH IS AT THE
96th STATION.
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION THIS
MORNING.
>> Reporter: A LOT.
WE HAD PEOPLE ALL MORNING ASKING
IF THE TRAIN STATION WAS OPEN.
WE’VE BEEN SAYING IT’S NOT.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, A SEA OF
UBERS PICKING UP PEOPLE TO GO TO
WORK, SINCE THE TRAIN STATION
HAS BEEN CLOSED.
LEADERS SAY THEY ARE FRUSTRATED.
IT WAS ALL AVOIDABLE, BECAUSE IT WAS DONE ON PURPOSE.
>> SOMEONE DECIDED TO PLAY A
PRANK, DO SOMETHING, OTHER
VANDALIZE OUR TRAIN, AND HERE WE ARE.
>> Reporter: AROUND 25 PEOPLE
HAD MINOR INJURIES. ONE TRAIN WAS MANGLED IN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON’S DERAIL MENT
THEY’VE REMOVED NINE OF THE TEN
PASSENGER CARS INVOLVED.
THIS IS A LOW HEIGHT AND LOW CEILING SINCE IT’S IN A TUNNEL.
RIGHT NOW THERE’S A SMALL ARMY
OF ABOUT 100 SPECIALISTS WORKING
ON IT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE LIMITED
SERVICE BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FREQUENCY OF THESE KINDS OF EVENTS IS SO RARE, THE LAST ONE,
I THINK WAS IN 2020, WHEN THERE WAS A DERAILMENT.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS FIVE-PLUS
YEARS BEFORE THAT.
>> Reporter: A FLEET OF 75 CITY
BUSES IS NOW FLOODING THIS AREA
AS SHULTZS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE
PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THE GOVERNOR IS LOOPED IN, AND
THE NTSB IS EXPECTED TO START
THEIR INVESTIGATION TODAY.
IN ADDITION FOR ASKING FOR
PEOPLE’S PATIENCE, I ASKED AT
THE NEWS CONFERENCE WHEN EXACTLY
CAN WE EXPECT SERVICE TO BE UP
AND RUNNING? THEY HOPE TO FOR PARTIAL SERVICE
THIS EVENING, BUT IF NOT, IT COULD LEAK INTO THE WEEKEND.
IF IT DOES, THE BUSES WOULD
CONTINUE TO HELP OUT IN THE AREA