Experts who reviewed video footage of the Vine City free fall for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said malfunctioning brakes are a likely cause for last week’s incident, too.

Officials blamed the mishap on rowdies jumping up and down on the escalator. But MARTA officials eventually admitted there were problems with the braking and motor systems.

A stampede after Beyoncé‘s Atlanta concert last week that was reportedly started by a fan being scared by a bug injured at ...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theodore "Theo" Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died. The incident reportedly ...

MARTA released video of last week’s escalator malfunction that injured at least nine people during a crowded rush.

Following last week’s incident where people were injured on an overcrowded escalator leaving the Beyoncé concert, MARTA said it plans to have more crowd management at stations during big events. ⛅ ...

Collie Greenwood, who has led MARTA through expansion, modernization and troubled times, is out as the agency’s chief.

After a young girl reportedly screamed in response to a bug outside the station, a crowd stampeded onto an escalator, causing ...

Fans of superstar singer Beyonce have been left seriously injured after a terrifying stampede on an escalator caused by a ...

Beyoncé concert-goers recently had a terrifying end to their evening on the final night of the singer’s Cowboy Carter tour ...

Early on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, an escalator stampede at a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) station left 11 people injured, bringing an unanticipated mayhem to a Beyoncé event in ...

11 fans were injured after an escalator chaos erupted, allegedly triggered by a bug and a young girl's scream.