An umbrella jolt sparks PATH pain

PERTURBED COMMUTERS streamed out of a smoke-filled Ninth St. PATH station Monday morning after a bizarre chain of events that started with an open umbrella.

It turned out the train made contact with the umbrella, causing a third-rail outage.

Commuters riding the Hoboken-33rd St. or Journal Square-33rd St. lines around 8:40 a.m saw the smoke and sent tweets to PATH officials .

“Very scary,” wrote Twitter user @GFSpeaksSports. “Evacuated at 9th street.”

First responders were on the scene, where the problem was quickly brought under control, officials said.

“There is a modest smoke condition at the 9th Street Station caused by a train coming in contact with an open umbrella on track, leading to a third rail outage,” PATH tweeted. “The smoke is being cleared from the station by exhaust fans.”