"Skipped safety inspections by MTA workers may have led to a dangerous platform gap that caused gruesome injuries to a commuter at a Yonkers train station in 2021, her attorney told The Post. Mara Jill Leibler bashed her face and broke her hand when she tripped on a platform at the Metro-North's Greystone station - but her lawyer said the hazard likely went unfixed because of MTA inspectors who filed phony safety reports without ever doing required safety checks."
""She just goes flying forward, face first, into the concrete," said Robert Menna, of Greenberg Law. "She put her hand out and that's how she broke her hand - and she also hit her face." Leibler fell in April 2021 when she didn't see the five-inch gap between the train and platform, caused by a section of track that had sunk over time, Menna said."
A commuter at Metro-North's Greystone station tripped in April 2021 after failing to see a five-inch gap between the train and the platform created by sunk track. The fall caused a broken hand, multiple shattered teeth requiring extensive dental work, facial cuts and severe swelling. The commuter's attorney alleges MTA inspectors filed phony safety reports and failed to record the widening gap for several years, allowing the hazard to persist. Investigators and experts reportedly observed the dangerous condition on multiple site visits. A lawsuit filed in 2022 claims inspection logs contained no mention of the obvious hazard. The MTA states safety remains the highest priority.
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