Man killed after backpack caught in New York subway doors

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 29 Sept, 20:49 · Archive

A man died in Brooklyn after his backpack became caught in subway train doors and dragged him onto the tracks.

A 57-year-old man was killed at Utica Avenue subway station in Brooklyn on Monday when his shopping bag became caught between the doors of an A train as he was leaving. The bag caught him and dragged him onto the tracks, where he was hit by the train as it departed the station.

How it is being reported

• Man hit and killed by NYC subway train after bag got stuck in doorIndependent World · 29 Sept, 20:29
• New York man killed after bag caught in subway train doors, police sayGuardian World · 29 Sept, 17:20
• NYC man killed in freak accident after backpack got caught in subway doorsNew York Post · 29 Sept, 13:46

In this story: Utica Avenue subway station · Brooklyn · Bedford-Stuyvesant

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