2 dead, several injured in 3 incidents involving SEPTA rail, trolley operations

Three separate incidents involving SEPTA trains and trolleys over hours starting Wednesday night have left two dead and a dozen injured with commutes halted and delayed SEPTA Senior Press Officer John Golden verified Thursday The first case happened at approximately p m Wednesday when an inbound train along the Media Wawa Regional Rail line struck a person in the track area between Morton and Secane stations Golden stated The person was killed There were no other injuries informed to customers and SEPTA employees and a shuttle bus was called in to delivery the passengers into Center City The line is back in operation Thursday morning at around a m overhead wires fell onto a D Direction trolley near Scenic Road Station with all passengers and the trolley operator on board reporting injuries There were passengers on board at the time three passengers were transported to Lankenau Hospital Golden disclosed As of a m Thursday there were shuttle bus operations between Drexel Hill Junction and Woodland Avenue Stations leading to delays of up to minutes in both directions Another person was struck and killed at around a m Thursday this time along the inbound Manayunk Norristown Line at the grade traversing at Schoolhouse Lane between East Falls and Wissahickon stations Golden explained The approximately passengers on that train were brought into Center City with shuttle buses and SEPTA stated that the line s operation had resumed at around a m with delays of minutes or over informed since It s the latest in a challenging year for SEPTA Beyond the institution cuts and fare hikes that were put in place and then resolved over the past two months the transit agency was pulling Regional Rail trains offline to perform safety audits in August All of SEPTA s latest alerts and advisory information can be discovered on its website The post dead several injured in incidents involving SEPTA rail trolley operations appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY