15 injured after San Francisco cable automobile all of the sudden halts
Greater than a dozen folks have been injured when a cable automobile in San Francisco got here to a screeching halt on Monday afternoon, rattling passengers inside, in keeping with authorities.
A complete of 15 folks suffered minor to average accidents after the cable automobile abruptly stopped with out warning and tossed round these onboard, the San Francisco Hearth Division mentioned on social media.
Two folks have been taken to the hospital with average accidents, 11 others have been hospitalized with “minor aches and pains,” and two folks refused help on the scene, authorities mentioned.
Hearth officers instructed ABC7 that an object may need been thrown on the cable automobile, inflicting the abrupt cease. Authorities haven’t formally launched data on what led as much as the incident.
A number of the cable automobile’s home windows have been utterly shattered, in keeping with pictures of the aftermath. Video posted by hearth officers additionally captured a number of ambulances crowded across the stopped cable automobile.
“Security for our passengers on all Muni autos continues to be our high precedence. We’ll be conducting a full evaluation of incident particulars to make sure continued security on the cable vehicles,” SFMTA mentioned in an announcement.
Cable vehicles first started working in San Francisco within the 1870s, and have become designated as a Nationwide Historic Landmark within the Sixties.
Passengers on the famed vacationer sights don’t put on seat belts and sometimes hold off the vehicles, that are partially open-air.
The SFFD and the SFMTA will examine the incident.
With Publish wires
