Passengers get stuck on Duquesne Incline for over an hour
People were stuck on the Duquesne Incline’s cars for more than an hour Thursday afternoon because of a mechanical issue on the 142-year-old Pittsburgh landmark, officials said.
The problem was resolved and people were able to exit the cars shortly before 6 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Police, fire officials and paramedics responded to help, an official who answered the incline’s phone said.
He would not give his name, but said he’d been shuttling people from the incline station to their cars.
Been stuck on the Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh for an hour. #sendhelp
— Jenn (@FitishNEM) April 18, 2019
NOW: two Duquesne incline cars are stuck & not moving. Riders are reporting that they’ve been stuck there for an hour and a half @WPXI pic.twitter.com/5frPhJk29c
— Gabriella DeLuca (@GabriellaDeLuca) April 18, 2019
#BREAKING: Duquesne Incline stuck, several people trapped on board. @GabriellaDeLuca will have LIVE coverage on 11 News at 5. https://t.co/b8Co66tQjU pic.twitter.com/lPQiO7KYen
— WPXI (@WPXI) April 18, 2019
Tom Davidson is a TribLive news editor. He has been a journalist in Western Pennsylvania for more than 25 years. He can be reached at tdavidson@triblive.com.
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