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| Woman pushed to her death in front of New York subway train |
| 2016-11-08 |
| [REUTERS] A woman shoved an unsuspecting traveler off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train on Monday afternoon, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said. The victim, also a woman, was pushed onto the tracks as a southbound No. 1 train pulled into the Times Square station around 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), and she was pronounced dead. He's dead, Jim! on the scene shortly afterward. Witnesses immediately alerted coppers, who apprehended the suspect in the station. Neither the victim nor the suspect was immediately identified by authorities. "What happened here today is tragic," Joseph Fox, chief of transit for the New York City Police Department, told news hounds at the midtown Manhattan subway station, one of city's largest and busiest. The victim was standing on the platform when the suspect, wearing a pink shirt and scarf, lunged at her, police said. Two hours after the incident, emergency responders were working to remove the woman's body from the tracks and resume subway service at the station before peak evening commuting hours. Investigators were reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses to determine a motive, said William Aubry, the police department's chief of Manhattan detectives. Many of those who saw the attack were visibly shaken. Some witnesses said the victim and the suspect were involved in a dispute before the fatal shove, Aubry said, but it was not immediately clear whether the women knew each other. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 No fun, no thrill, no clacky clack, thump thump. Remember kids if the choo choo is going to your left, use your left hand to to board the boxcar, and vice versa. Stay away from logs. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-08 14:52 |
| #7 In the country I live in the platform has plexiglas barriers and automated gateways which keep people off the tracks. The train pulls up so the car doors match the gates, the gates open, the train doors open, people get in the train, no one can fall on to the track. The tech seems pretty simple. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2016-11-08 13:34 |
| #6 The victim, also a woman Pink on Pink. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-11-08 11:58 |
| #5 The murderer recently told the police she had similarly shoved and killed a 19-year old student, but they refused to believe her, claimed it was suicide. |
| Posted by: Si vis pacem 2016-11-08 08:14 |
| #4 "I always stay well back from the platform edge when I am catching a train." Yes - and face the crowd, NOT the tracks. I want to see what is going on behind me. |
| Posted by: GORT 2016-11-08 06:43 |
| #3 I always stay well back from the platform edge when I am catching a train. |
| Posted by: Grarong Spawn of the Heathen Rus2966 2016-11-08 03:47 |
| #2 Or women. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-08 01:31 |
| #1 time to outlaw trains |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-11-08 00:38 |