Greater than a dozen individuals have been injured when a cable automotive in San Francisco got here to a screeching halt on Monday afternoon, rattling passengers inside, in response to authorities.
A complete of 15 individuals suffered minor to average accidents after the cable automotive abruptly stopped with out warning and tossed round these onboard, the San Francisco Hearth Division mentioned on social media.
Two individuals have been taken to the hospital with average accidents, 11 others have been hospitalized with “minor aches and pains,” and two individuals refused help on the scene, authorities mentioned.
Hearth officers advised ABC7 that an object may need been thrown on the cable automotive, inflicting the abrupt cease. Authorities haven’t formally launched info on what led as much as the incident.
Among the cable automotive’s home windows have been fully shattered, in response to photographs of the aftermath. Video posted by hearth officers additionally captured a number of ambulances crowded across the stopped cable automotive.
“Security for our passengers on all Muni automobiles continues to be our prime 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 operating in San Francisco within the 1870s, and have become designated as a Nationwide Historic Landmark within the Sixties.
Passengers on the famed vacationer points of interest don’t put on seat belts and infrequently hold off the vehicles, that are partially open-air.
The SFFD and the SFMTA will examine the incident.
With Publish wires
