Yonkers, Pleasant Valley Men Injured In Croton-Harmon Train Yard Accident

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- A 27-year-old Yonkers man was hospitalized Friday after he accidentally touched an electrified third rail at the Croton-Harmon train yard, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

Two workers were injured early Friday at the Croton-Harmon train yard after coming in contact with an electrified third rail.
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Carol Reif

04/15/2016 2:45 p.m.

He and a 45-year-old Pleasant Valley man were working on a train early Friday morning when they both were injured, the MTA said.

The unidentified 45-year-old suffered first-degree, or superficial, burns. He was treated at the Westchester County Medical Center in Vahalla and released, the MTA said.

The 27-year-old, whom the MTA also did not identify, suffered first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

Third-degree burns are the most serious as they involve wounds that extend through all the skin’s layers.

The MTA did not have the 27-year-old’s exact condition.

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