Investigation into train tragedy brings safety recommendations
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants more warning signs on subway trains, after investigating the death of a child who fell between the railcars of a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) subway train.
The incident occurred on September 23, 2018, on a southbound train traveling train between the Alleghany Station and the North Philadelphia Station on the Broad Street Line. After a passenger activated an emergency alert, a train operator performed a ground level inspection of the train and found a 7-year-old boy who’d been struck and killed by the train. The child was walking through the end-of-railcar doors when he fell.