MTA contract worker injured after falling through hole onto R train tracks in Sunset Park
A contract worker doing an upgrade project for the MTA was seriously injured when he fell onto the R train tracks on Fourth Avenue between 53rd and 52nd Streets in Sunset Park this afternoon, fire officials said.
The worker, who was not immediately identified, was working in an excavation hole in the middle of Fourth Avenue when he fell to the train tracks below, about 20 feet down.
Fire officials said that, at about 1:39 p.m., firefighters did a “technical removal” from the idle express center tracks, where center support beams are being replaced as part of a subway upgrade project spanning the entire length of Fourth Avenue.