Officials at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency are looking into why a Muni light rail operator did not let people off a train after a passenger became ill and vomited onboard, a spokesman said.An outbound K-T train took on an unpleasant odor when a passenger began throwing up at about 8:10 a.m. at Montgomery Station, Muni spokesman Paul Rose said.
The operator was ordered to allow passengers off at Montgomery station and then to take the train directly to West Portal station, where it would be cleaned, Rose said.
"The plan was always to take the train out of service at West Portal," he said.
Control room officials, however, noticed the train still had passengers aboard as it bypassed Powell Street and Civic Center stations, and ordered the operator to stop at Van Ness station to do so, Rose said. When the train finally stopped at Van Ness station, the passengers were allowed to leave. It was then taken to the West Portal station, cleaned, and returned to service. No significant delays were reported, Rose said.
INT. MUNI TRAIN - UNDERGROUND
A crowded Muni train. The morning commute. Passengers sit and stand, some looking at their phones, some listening to music through white earbuds. A newspaper rustles.
Suddenly a SICK PASSENGER begins throwing up. There is an audible gasp and other PASSENGERS scurry to get out of the way of the noxious stream.
DON, a suit-wearing businessman in his late 30's standing near the front of the train, yells to the driver.
Driver, stop the train! This man is ill! He is vomiting!
The fuck you say!?
DON
Stop the train! This man needs help!
(muttering)
Fuck that.
We're all going to die in here!
Maybe.
1 comment:
Yet another reason to bike to work. At least when you roll through vomit in the bike lanes, it splatters on your back and the smell just goes toward those behind you.
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