A former SEPTA worker says she saw a homicide on the subway and has PTSD. She’s suing the agency and her union over her firing

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A former SEPTA employee, who witnessed a homicide on the job, is suing the transit agency and her union, claiming that she was unlawfully fired for seeking time off to recover and was denied an opportunity to work in another position.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Carmella Martin said that she saw someone killed in the subway on April 8, 2023. The lawsuit does not go into detail about the killing, but police reported that a 21-year-old man was killed on the underground platform at SEPTA’s Walnut-Locust subway station that day…

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