New Jersey

Another Subway Train Pulled Out of Service After Bedbug Report

Another subway train was fumigated this week after a report of bedbugs on board, marking at least the fifth time this month a train has to be be pulled out of service because of the creepy critters, the MTA said.

The N train was pulled out of service Monday after a conductor reported being bitten by bedbugs on the Coney Island-bound subway at the Dekalb stop in Brooklyn.

The conductor was taken to a hospital. 

Bedbug sightings have been reported on at least five subway trains -- all of them on the N line -- since Aug. 3.

Chief MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said Tuesday the agency has "aggressively responded to every report of bedbugs, fumigating every affected train."

The MTA says it has used bedbug-sniffing dogs to assess spots where the insects have been reported. The agency has said it has no plans to fumigate the entire N line. 

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