New York man killed after bag caught in subway train doors, police say

Man, 57, was reportedly leaving A train at Utica Avenue station when stuck bag dragged him back and on to tracks A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train which then dragged him down. On Monday, a man was leaving a Manhattan-bound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood when his shopping bag became caught between the subway’s doors. Continue reading...

Maya Yang · Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:20 AM
US news | The Guardian

New York man killed after bag caught in subway train doors, police say

Man, 57, was reportedly leaving A train at Utica Avenue station when stuck bag dragged him back and on to tracks

A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train which then dragged him down.

On Monday, a man was leaving a Manhattan-bound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood when his shopping bag became caught between the subway’s doors.

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