On June 2, 2024, Wilmington Fire Department (WFD) Units, along with New Castle County EMS and St. Francis Hospital EMS, were dispatched to the Wilmington Amtrak Station at 200 East Front Street for an elderly female who fell between a passenger train car and the station platform. Upon arrival, Fire Department personnel were met by Amtrak Police who reported that an elderly female had fallen between a stopped passenger train and the station platform according to Battalion Chief Robert Pryor.
A reader tells First State Update that her mom exited the train with the woman. “She slipped getting off the train and fell backwards between two cars- falling all the way to the track below.” said the reader.
WFD members located the patient under the car and proceeded to set up extrication equipment to carefully remove the patient without causing further injury. The female was found to be conscious and alert and was removed by rescue personnel after approximately 15 minutes. After removal, the patient was turned over to waiting EMS personnel for transport to Christiana Trauma Center.
Amtrak Police are investigating the circumstances that led up to the incident.