{"id":287049,"date":"2026-07-05T03:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287049\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T03:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:47:48","slug":"subway-operator-injured-by-falling-tree-in-bronx-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287049\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway operator injured by falling tree in Bronx Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A subway operator was injured Saturday night when a falling tree branch shattered the cab window of a northbound 4 train in the Bronx as it head to Yankee Stadium, partially suspending the line.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39891714\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2283767631_ca3864.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a floral shirt and dark pants stands on a subway platform next to a stopped train.\" class=\"wp-image-39891714\"  \/>A tree fell on a subway car in the Bronx near Yankee Stadium on Saturday night, injuring the operator. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around 8:26 p.m. about a quarter-mile south of the 161st Street\/Yankee Stadium station, according to the MTA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The operator sustained \u201cminor injuries,\u201d while none of the 200 passengers on board were hurt.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39891716\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-526662980.jpg\" alt=\"A subway train with a red &quot;1&quot; on the front travels on elevated tracks in a city with buildings in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-39891716\"  \/>4 Train in the Bronx. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A rescue train evacuated the passengers to the 149th Street station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4 train service was suspended between 149th Street and Woodlawn in both directions while transit crews worked to clear the damage, but has been restored since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A subway operator was injured Saturday night when a falling tree branch shattered the cab window of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,57,9,24,63,615,129,131,130,41438,58,8744],"class_list":["post-287049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-subway","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-train-accidents","tag-us-news","tag-workplace-injuries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}