A tandem tractor-trailer recently got trapped under the elevated subway in Kingsbridge for several hours, as police and fire units blocked off traffic in the area and two dozen MTA employees attempted to free the truck with minimal damage to the subway line.

 

According to an unnamed MTA official, the incident took place at 10:42 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, at the intersection of Broadway and West 231st Street. The truck, registered to S Auto Transport of Bunridge, Florida was still stuck under by 1:30 p.m. that afternoon.

MTA officials said the overhead subway service was not impacted, and no damage was reported, but road traffic in the area was delayed. The NYPD has not yet responded to a request for information on the incident.

 

Norwood News previously reported how on April 13, a man, who had been seen by members of the public acting erratically at the 238th Street subway station holding an imitation gun, began walking along the elevated subway track to the same 231st Street subway station at the intersection with Broadway.

The man was later shot by police when he did not put the gun down, after being instructed to do so numerous times. It was later discovered the gun was an imitation. The gunshot victim survived and was taken into custody.

 

Later that month on Monday, April 17, a female police officer from the 50th Precinct was struck in the head apparently with a bottle by a member of the public at the same location on Broadway and 231st Street in Kingsbridge.

The following day, April 18, a fire broke out on the elevated train track, serving the 4 line, at Kingsbridge Road subway station by Jerome Avenue in nearby Kingsbridge Heights.

 

On June 30, as reported, a man was fatally stabbed at Broadway and West 236th Street in Kingsbridge.