A man stepped in fr🐻ont of a subway train in Manhattan on Sunday, but survived with just a nick thanks to a cautious motorman, according to authorities.
T♐he man was wandering inside the tunnel near the 96th Street station beneath Lexington Avenue in a bright orange jacket and Army fatigue pants when he walked in front of a passing ⭕train at around 9:45 a.m., law-enforcement sources said.
Lucky for him, the driver of the southbound 5 train had heard a warning from dispatch to proceed with ﷺcaution because of reports of a person on the tracks and had slowed to a snail’s pace shortly before impact, according to an MTA spokesperson.
“We had♛ reports of an unauthorized person on the tracks by one of the trains in the area,” MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo said. “He was already on the tracks.”
More than a dozen paramedics met him on the downto🌠wn platform, where they put him on a gurney and placed braces on his neck and left ankle.
The man, who looked to be in his 50s or 60s, moaned and grimaced as he was strapped in. As six 𓄧firefighters loaded him into an ambulance, he complained that he had hurt his foot when the train bumped him.
He was taken to Weill Cornellꦕ Medical Center for observation, authorities said.
Police withheld the man’s identity because he was not ch🍸arged with a crime.
Law-enfoౠrc🏅ement sources said he appeared to be well-dressed. He wore clean-looking, warm clothes, including the orange winter coat, work boots, camouflage-patterned pants, gloves and a knit cap.
By 10:56 a.m., about an h🤡our after the incident, train service had retu♌rned to normal, the MTA said.
Last month, another person climbed down to the track💃s of the Upper East Side subway lines near 86th Street.
The woman laid on the tracks and was hit by a 6 train, interrupting serviceꦑ at the height of the evening rush hour.
Additional reporting by G.N. Miller