NYC subway passenger dies in Brooklyn when bag gets caught in train doors, police say
A man was dragged to death after his shopping bag got caught in the doors of a subway train in Brooklyn, police said.
Officers responded to the emergency call just after 5:40 p.m. Monday. Yaw Boahene, 57, was heading northbound on an A train when his bag got caught while he was either entering or exiting the train.
Police said he was dragged onto the tracks at the Utica Avenue station and pronounced dead at the scene.
No criminality is involved, the NYPD said.
The NYPD initially said the man's backpack got caught in the doors, but later revised that.
A similar incident happened in October 2022. A 20-year-old man from New Jersey died after his clothes or backpack got stuck in the door of a 1 train at the Columbus Circle station.
