Three boys were stabbed during a confrontation at the Andrew MBTA station on Wednesday, according to transit police.MBTA Transit Police Department officials said the three stabbing victims were transported to area hospitals by Boston Emergency Medical Services personnel.Police radio traffic indicated that at least one of the stabbing victims suffered serious injuries, but they are all expected to survive.Israel Matias said he saw a fight erupt between two groups of teenagers at Andrew Station shortly before 4 p.m.”While I’m waiting here, I just hear a tussle and a giant fight going on,” Matias said. “I hear girls screaming and kids screaming.”Matias said he saw at least two of the victims get stabbed during the altercation — and that he ran to help one of them out. “He said he’d been stabbed, so I grabbed his sweater, and I put my hand on it to put pressure,” Matias said. “He asked me if he was going to die, and I told him: ‘No, you’re not going to die. You’re going to go to (Massachusetts General Hospital), and you’re going to be fine.'”Surveillance video shows one of the stabbing victims, who was wearing a bloody hooded sweatshirt, enter a liquor store for help.Shortly before 4:20 p.m., the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority posted on social media that Red Line trains were bypassing Andrew Station at the request of transit police.But within 10 minutes, the MBTA shared that train service at Andrew had resumed.Transit police said they have detained a number of possible suspects in connection with the stabbings.
Three boys were stabbed during a confrontation at the Andrew MBTA station on Wednesday, according to transit police.
MBTA Transit Police Department officials said the three stabbing victims were transported to area hospitals by Boston Emergency Medical Services personnel.
Police radio traffic indicated that at least one of the stabbing victims suffered serious injuries, but they are all expected to survive.
Israel Matias said he saw a fight erupt between two groups of teenagers at Andrew Station shortly before 4 p.m.
“While I’m waiting here, I just hear a tussle and a giant fight going on,” Matias said. “I hear girls screaming and kids screaming.”
Matias said he saw at least two of the victims get stabbed during the altercation — and that he ran to help one of them out.
“He said he’d been stabbed, so I grabbed his sweater, and I put my hand on it to put pressure,” Matias said. “He asked me if he was going to die, and I told him: ‘No, you’re not going to die. You’re going to go to (Massachusetts General Hospital), and you’re going to be fine.'”
Surveillance video shows one of the stabbing victims, who was wearing a bloody hooded sweatshirt, enter a liquor store for help.
Shortly before 4:20 p.m., the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority posted on social media that Red Line trains were bypassing Andrew Station at the request of transit police.
But within 10 minutes, the MBTA shared that train service at Andrew had resumed.
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Transit police said they have detained a number of possible suspects in connection with the stabbings.
