A 57-year-old man dies after a bag he is carrying gets caught in the doors of a New York City subway train and is dragged onto the tracks. Police say the incident happens at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
Reports state the man is leaving an A train—described in one account as Manhattan-bound—when the bag becomes snagged between the closing doors. The man is pulled backward onto the tracks after the train doors trap the bag.
Outlets broadly agree on the cause—an item caught in the train doors leading to the man being dragged—and the location at Utica Avenue station. Differences between sources are minor, including details such as whether the item is described as a “shopping bag” or “backpack,” and whether the incident is characterized as occurring during the Monday evening rush hour.
