An MTA track worker died Wednesday morning shortly after he collapsed while on the job, authorities said.
Ricardo Louis, 44, suffered a heart attack around 3:10 a.m. aboard a work train in the Morgan Avenue station after he was assigned to a track cleaning gang along the L line.
His coworker tried to revive him and called 911. First responders then took him to Woodhull Hospital where he arrived in a state of respiratory or cardiac arrest before being pronounced dead.
“On behalf of our membership of 44,000 transit workers, I convey deep condolences to the family of Brother Louis and offer them all the resources of the Union as they go forward at this difficult time,” said TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis.
“Transit work on the subway tracks is hazardous because of constant train traffic and because medical attention is not immediately available,”
“TWU Local 100 has always fought for better working conditions and we will determine whether any avoidable hazard contributed to this tragic death.”
