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Man Electrocuted At Hoboken PATH Trying To Retrieve Cell Phone: Papd
A man was hospitalized after he went onto the tracks at Hoboken PATH Train and was electrocuted on Sunday, Aug. 10, authorities said.
At 1:55 a.m., officers found a 25-year-old man on the tracks, unconscious after trying to retrieve his dropped cell phone, Port Authority police said. He was injured after coming in contact with the third rail, police said.
Power to the third rail was shut and the victim was removed, stabilized and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was reported to be in serious but stable condition, police said.
Normal operations at the station resumed at 4 a.m., police s…
Singin' In The Train: Acts Audition For Regular Gig At PATH Stations
Buskers, dancers and other kinds of entertainers have long used the PATH train system running between Newark and New York as their stage, albeit an informal one.
Now, the Port Authority, the bi-state agency that runs PATH, wants to make those performances official.
The Port Authority recently held auditions for acts that will be allowed to do their thing at five PATH stations: Hoboken, Journal Square, Harrison, Newport and Exchange Place. The program, PATH Performs!, hosted the auditions at the William Brennan Courthouse in Jersey City last week, the agency said in a blog p…
