Muni operator was ‘slumped over’ before terrifying ride and evacuation, witness says

Before a Muni train knocked passengers off their feet by whipping around a curve, careening past a scheduled stop, and barreling by a park during a busy commute Wednesday morning, the operator was slumped over the control panel, according to one rider.

The witness, 14-year-old Nina Aronov, told The Standard she had a direct view of the control booth during the ride on the N Judah that ended in a panicked evacuation on Duboce Avenue.

Nina, who takes the N regularly to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, said she had just boarded the eastbound train at the station at Carl and Cole streets when she noticed something unusual…

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