A man was injured after he was pinned between a Blue Line train and a south Minneapolis light-rail platform late Monday.
Man rescued after getting pinned between light-rail train and platform in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Fire Department cut away part of the Franklin Avenue platform to make the rescue.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
July 16, 2024 at 2:05PM
Metro Transit police officers went to the Franklin Avenue platform shortly before 11 p.m. on a report of a collision and found the man with his legs caught between the platform and the light-rail train, said spokeswoman Nikki Muehlhausen.
The Minneapolis Fire Department said it cut away a part of the metal platform to rescue the man. Power was shut off while firefighters extricated him, the department said.
The man, whose name has not been released, was taken by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center, the Fire Department said. He was treated for minor injuries and was released, Muehlhausen said.
Blue Line trains were running as scheduled Tuesday.
A total of 256,015 people attended the Great Minnesota Get-Together on its penultimate day.
