TORONTO – A water main break in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village flooded several streets and disrupted subway service Wednesday evening.
Close to 500 subway passengers were forced off subway cars after a train became stuck in a about a half a metre of water, NBC reported.
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Video footage shows water gushing down on top of the subway cars with passengers still inside the train.
No injuries were reported.
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