Passengers are being evacuated after smoke was found on a PATCO subway heading to New Jersey from Philadelphia. The smoke was spotted on ...
Passengers are being evacuated after smoke was found on a PATCO subway heading to New Jersey from Philadelphia. The smoke was spotted on the subway at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge near 7th and Race streets, according to officials.
“At 5:16 p.m., a motor shorted-out on a six-car train headed eastbound onto the Benjamin Franklin Bridge,” said PATCO spokesman Tim Ireland. “The first two cars are filling with smoke and passengers are being evacuated."
Douglas Robbins, a passenger on the train, tweeted updates on the evacuation to NBC10.
Robbins also sent NBC10 a picture of the inside of one of the train cars.
Officials say 50 passengers were on the train and only two passengers have been evacuated so far. Officials say another train is traveling to the scene to move the remaining passengers out.
No injuries have been reported so far. Officials say PATCO is experiencing a 20 minute delay in both Wast and Westbound service.
Stay with NBC10.com for more details on this developing story.
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