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Good Samaritan Hits Stop Button for Woman Trapped on Escalator Where Man Died Months Earlier
A fellow rider hit the emergency stop and freed the woman, who was taken to a hospital with a hand injury, MBTA said.
- On Friday, July 31, a woman was injured at Davis Station when her clothing became trapped in an MBTA escalator mechanism after she fell while boarding; a fellow rider hit the emergency stop button to help free her.
- This incident occurred at the same Davis Station escalator where Steven McCluskey died in February after falling and becoming trapped in the machinery, ultimately succumbing to injuries caused by his clothing constricting his neck.
- Somerville Fire Department personnel responded to the scene, and the 68-year-old victim is recovering from a hand injury; her son said she was "terrified she would suffer the same fate."
- MBTA officials commended the Good Samaritan for hitting the "STOP" button, emphasizing that any member of the public can use emergency controls to prevent escalator injuries.
- Following the incident, the transit authority is running public service awareness messages inside stations warning riders about loose clothing and the location of emergency stop buttons to prevent future accidents.
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Woman trapped, injured in second incident on MBTA Davis escalator this year
The incident bears striking similarities to another incident at the same station earlier this year that resulted in a man’s death. The post Woman trapped, injured in second incident on MBTA Davis escalator this year appeared first on Boston.com.
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A new surveillance video obtained by researchers from our sister network NBC10 Boston shows the moments when an MBTA passenger fell and was trapped on a escalator at Davis Square Station in Somerville, Massachusetts. The incident, which NBC10 Boston was the first to report last week, occurred at the exact place where a man died in a escalator accident earlier this year. Contacted by phone on Monday, the woman’s son described how his mother’s min…
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