BOSTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Passengers panicked after smoke filled the Red Line train on Boston's MBTA transit system, kicking out windows to escape the car.
The train pulled into Quincy Center station during rush hour when smoke began to rise from the car, causing people on the platform to crash windows to help the passengers escape the car.
"The doors on one of the trains wasn't opening, and people started panicking," Catherine Groux, one of the people on the platform, told Boston Magazine. "People started punching and kicking open the doors to get people out of there. People got out through the broken windows. The crowd was helping people step up and get through the windows of the train. The crowd became extremely energetic, and everyone began panicking, which fueled the entire situation."
The smashing of the window was not necessary by any means, says the MBTA. They were reportedly opening the doors when someone decided to break the window.
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"There was no reason for him to do that," said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo. "There was no smoke inside the car."
The MBTA maintains there was no danger to anyone in the car or station. The Red Line experienced severe delays for the rest of the morning, causing them to accommodate commuters with buses.
The incident happened two weeks after an a car on the Yellow Line of Washington D.C.'s metro system filled with smoke, killing one person.
