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How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?
Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026 It happened last night at Utica Ave on a Manhattan-bound A train. I hate when the media says "northbound". It would be easier to say "Manhattan-bound A train at Utica Ave". Anyway, a man's backpack got caught in the doors and he was dragged to his death. If this was an R211, I wonder if this would be the first fatality associated with this car model?
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 29 11:20:43 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026. The media doesn't know. All they're doing is copy-catting the police report.
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Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 11:58:58 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 29 11:20:43 2026. "Fake news". btw it was an R211.
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Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Sep 29 13:26:35 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 29 11:20:43 2026. For reporting purposes, all NYCT trains are traveling northbound or southbound regardless of the actual direction of travel.
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Posted by Italianstallion on Tue Sep 29 13:37:57 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Sep 29 11:20:43 2026. It's not true no one did. You did.
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Posted by Train Dude* on Tue Sep 29 14:37:43 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026.* Incidents like this make me glad that I retired. In cases like this, shit rolls up hill. Interview the crew! Conductor, were you observing the platform after closing? When was that car last inspected? Who inspected the doors? Who was the Supervisor? Gauge each door with a supervisor and detective?
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Sep 29 15:12:06 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026. Question: Is that station platform on a curve??
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Tue Sep 29 15:38:18 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026. FIGURES
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Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 15:57:46 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Sep 29 15:12:06 2026. Question: Is that station platform on a curve?? No. Utica Ave is straight. Most of the IND stations were built as straight as possible for speed, especially express stations. They wanted to improve on obvious flaws in the BMT design. But there are exceptions like Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike on the E and F lines. There is a slight curve, and this station had a drag death a few years ago. So did Columbus Circle on the 1 train.
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Posted by LuchAAA* on Tue Sep 29 17:57:02 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026.* The young high school girl who is interviewed, completely goes off of the conductor. Now they say it was a shopping bag, not backpack stuck in the doors. Makes sense. NYC is known for traveling grocery shoppers buying at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Sep 29 18:27:38 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026.* How come you start threads and then complain about nobody starting a thread on the subject, #37? Can't you be content with just being the person who started the thread? 🙄
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Sep 29 18:33:39 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 15:57:46 2026. Ok Thanks.
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Posted by randyo on Tue Sep 29 19:00:33 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Train Dude on Tue Sep 29 14:37:43 2026. When I was a trainmaster, that was my zone so I might have had to escort the crew down to Jay St (which was still open back then) to pee in a cup.
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Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Wed Sep 30 07:37:10 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by randyo on Tue Sep 29 19:00:33 2026. Yes and as a new RCI you did show we the never used track beds upstairs.
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Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Wed Sep 30 07:42:30 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 15:57:46 2026. T'wasnt a few years ago but the poor woman was slammed into the wall at the south end of the Union Tpke station at over 30 mph. IIRC it was around 1986 or 1988 and was the incident that gave rise to the door obstruction sensing program.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 30 09:20:12 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 17:57:02 2026. Just let go.
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Posted by Railman718* on Wed Sep 30 11:29:36 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026.* There’s more to this incident hopefully the cameras on the R211 will tell the tale. That’s all I’m saying I’ll let the rest of yall speculate and have theories..
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 30 11:53:55 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Railman718 on Wed Sep 30 11:29:36 2026. It might have been a homeless EDP who was dragged. Still so many questions. How far was he dragged? What car of the 10 car train was involved?
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Wed Sep 30 13:21:07 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026.* Associated Press Man is dragged to death by a New York City subway train after his bag snags on a door A man was dragged to death by a New York City subway train when a bag he was carrying got stuck in the door during the Monday evening rush hour commute, police said. Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting the train at a Brooklyn subway station around 6 p.m. when his bag, which police described as a shopping bag, snagged in the closing train doors. The Brooklyn resident was pulled onto the tracks and run over by the train as it left the station, police said in a statement. Officers arrived to find Boahene “unconscious and unresponsive” on the train tracks, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of death. The police investigation is ongoing. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway system, said both the train operator and conductor have been removed from service, as is routine while the investigation continues. The agency said the train was one of the fleet’s newest models. It was inspected after the man’s death and also previously in July, and no mechanical issues were found. Dragging deaths happen from time to time on the nation’s largest subway system. In 2022, a 20-year-old commuter was killed after his backpack or a piece of his clothing got stuck in the door as he was trying to get onto a train at the Columbus Circle station in upper Manhattan.
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Sep 30 14:18:41 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 17:57:02 2026. How come no one pulled the cord? If that happened, that might have saved the poor soul's life. Isin't that the sole purpose of emergency cords in the first place, to stop the train when someone is being dragged? Are they even emergency cords on this model car?
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 30 14:56:05 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Sep 30 14:18:41 2026. That's a great question.
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Sep 30 15:08:24 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Sep 30 14:18:41 2026. Pulling the cord by passengers to activate the emergency brakes would do nothing until the train got to the next station. It's a "safety feature" built into the R211's so a train wouldn't go BIE in between stations. Passengers have been known to pull a cord in between stations for a sick passenger, which of course delays things. The conductor can pull the cord anytime, including when a train is leaving a station and emergency brakes will activate.
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Sep 30 15:14:01 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Sep 30 15:08:24 2026. Technical correction: naturally an R211 can go BIE in between stations for reasons other than a cord being pulled by a passenger.
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Sep 30 15:52:08 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Sep 30 15:08:24 2026. What I cant understand is why the conductor didnt see the person being dragged in the first place. As for pulling the cord when no emergency exists, that happens along with knuckleheads (drunk?) pulling the cord when they miss their stop. But for 5 non emergency pulls v/s one life saving one, its worth stopping the train IMO. You dont know if an emergency exists until the train stops.
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Posted by Steamdriven on Wed Sep 30 21:13:25 2026, in response to How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Sep 29 10:37:31 2026. There's always something off in news reports of this type. A typical shopping bag wouldn't cause a drag, it would have to be a bag you can't instantly let go, such as messenger style. But there are big-box store bags you carry like a messenger bag. Even then you should be able to release it ... unless you're knocked woozy at the start of the trouble.
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 30 21:47:33 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Steamdriven on Wed Sep 30 21:13:25 2026. did you hear about the stabbing on the J train at Woodhaven Blvd?
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Posted by Railman718 on Wed Sep 30 21:58:46 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 30 11:53:55 2026. What part of the words “I’ll let y’all speculate “ you don’t get?
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 1 07:09:34 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Railman718 on Wed Sep 30 21:58:46 2026. The part where you sickly said: “There’s more to this incident hopefully.” I know. I know. But just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you can stop using punctuation.
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Posted by Railman718 on Thu Oct 1 09:12:14 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 1 07:09:34 2026. Why should you care lol… Retired life is good so I can do things like that while sitting on my front porch.. Maybe one day you’ll know what that’s like. Maybe….
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Posted by Steamdriven on Thu Oct 1 13:58:23 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 30 21:47:33 2026. Only in this thread, I didn't see it in the news. Seems like it was a daytime crime.
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Posted by Q4 on Thu Oct 1 16:44:26 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Wed Sep 30 07:37:10 2026. What unused track beds?
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Posted by trains61* on Thu Oct 1 16:55:25 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Q4 on Thu Oct 1 16:44:26 2026.* IND Second System built into the shell of the Utica Ave. station A and C lines. Also like the South 4th Street station built into the Broadway station on the G line. The Lurkers'Guild Former Brooklynite
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Oct 1 17:18:57 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by trains61 on Thu Oct 1 16:55:25 2026. in the late 60s provisions for accessing the "Second Ave Subway" at the Second Ave end of the station under Houston. This included boarded of stairways from the full mezzanine. The evidence now is mostly odd patches on the ceiling.
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Posted by Q4 on Fri Oct 2 01:08:06 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Oct 1 17:18:57 2026. Thanks. I knew about this one and the Utica Avenue shell. I thought he was referring to another one.
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Oct 2 13:41:25 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Q4 on Fri Oct 2 01:08:06 2026. I believe he was. The late Joe Brennan catalogued all he had discovered. My description f 2nd Ave dates from 66-70 when that was my default station as ived on E7th facing tompkins Sq Pk. As a kid in Chicago, I was crious about the bellmouths (did not kniw the term then) immediately south of the Roosevelt Station under State Street. Today, those have been extended to feed "Red Line" trains out to the Dan Ryan median.
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Posted by Asgard on Fri Oct 2 16:53:13 2026, in response to Re: How come no one started a thread about a man dragged to death by an A train?, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Oct 2 13:41:25 2026. I'm happy to tell you that Joe Brennan is NOT late!
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