NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The MTA is facing questions about the safety of its new subway fare gates after some people, including children, were injured.
Four new types of fare gates are being tested out at multiple subway stations to eventually replace turnstiles at nearly 200 stations by 2029.
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The gates have already been installed at the Broadway-Lafayette station, where a child got stuck in a fare gate around 1 p.m., according to the FDNY.
The child’s mother told PIX11 News her 5-year-old daughter’s head got stuck between the doors of the fare gate, and a bystander helped get the young girl out. She was taken to the hospital with head swelling, her mother said…