Woman Hurt after Slipping into Train Gap at LIRR Stop
NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman has been taken to a hospital after slipping and hurting her leg in a gap between a Long Island Rail Road train and the platform at a Queens stop.
LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto says the woman was exiting the New York-bound train at the Kew Gardens stop when she caught part of her leg in the gap at about 5:20 p.m. Thursday. She was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation. Her condition isn't available.
The incident delayed the train by about 20 minutes.
The railroad is spending $46 million to tighten gaps between its trains and platforms. A teenager died in a 2006 fall through a gap at an LIRR platform at the Woodside station.
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