A Hunter College student plans to sue the city and the MTA after she was thrown from her subway seat when an F train derailed in Queens in May.
Queens resident Melanie Chandan boarded the express Manhattan-bound train around 10:30 a.m. on May 2 at the Briarwood station near the Van Wyck Expressway and took a seat facing forward.
But just 1,200 feet down the tracks Chandan felt the car “suddenly careen out of control and derail.”
The 19-year-old “was thrown back and forth, side to side, upwards and downwards in her seat,” according to her notice of claim, filed with the city comptroller in July.
Then she felt the operator slam on the brakes which “caused a loud and cacophonous din, followed by smoke,” according to the notice.
The petite student was then “violently precipitated forward and her shins made contact with the seats in front of her.”
Chandan injured her neck, back, right arm, and shins and has been afraid to ride the subway since the accident.
In the legal papers Chandan’s attorney, Rehan Nazrali, says the derailment was caused by faulty track breaks and defective rails.
Chandan was riding with about 1,000 straphangers on May 2 when the commuters were stuck underground for hours.
Ten people were eventually treated at Elmhurst Hospital for injuries.
The MTA has not yet determined what caused the derailment, but a broken rail has been ruled out.
About 500 feet of track was damaged during the accident.
The MTA and the city declined to comment.