A subway collision caused two trains to derail Thursday afternoon in Manhattan, the MTA said, Report informs via CBS News.
The accident happened at around 3 p.m. near 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side. The FDNY said 24 people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Both subways were 1 trains, NYC Transit President Richard Davey said.
One of the trains had 300 passengers on board at the time of the crash. The other was out of service after having been vandalized, officials said.
The NYPD said two transit K-9 officers assigned to the station were alerted by a good Samaritan when the collision first happened.
"They rendered aid, again requested ems to respond to the scene, and then those officers, along with additional officers, that responded helped people off the trains and onto the platforms to safety," NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper said.