Philadelphia

Amtrak Employee Falls 30 Feet onto Tracks

Rescuers rushed an Amtrak employee to a local hospital Thursday morning after he fell 30 feet onto train tracks.

The worker tumbled from an overhead signal bridge near 31st Street and Girard Avenue in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia around 5:30 a.m., officials said.

Medics treated the victim at the scene and then took him to Hahnemann University Hospital, authorities said.

He suffered non-life threatening injuries, an Amtrak official said.

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