Giant drill hits top of subway in Queens

QUEENS -- There was a scary incident for subway riders in Queens when a giant drill almost went through their train.

Shortly before noon, a train operator on a northbound F train reported that something struck the top of train and the train's emergency brakes went off.

Upon investigation, the train operator found debris under the third car and saw damage to the top of the train and vision glass from a giant drill.

"This much space left, thank God I sat on the other side of the train, that could have been me," said Stephanie Cruz, an F train passenger.

Stephanie Cruz tweeted the shocking tale to Eyewitness News.

The train was about 700 feet outside of the 21 Street Station.

A reach train was used to get approximately 800 customers transported to the 21 Street Station platform.

Cruz shared video of nearly a thousand passengers on the jam packed train, snaking their way out a back door and on a service walkway, to the station.

The MTA says the errant drill bit was from a subcontractor, Griffin DeWatering, as part of the ongoing East Side Access Project, which eventually will link the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal.

Workers were boring a hole for the project, but obviously drilled in the wrong spot, as the fully loaded F train thundered along.

The incident is under investigation.