Friday, December 28, 2012
New York subways are a very effective transportation system
And lately they have also become a dangerous way to travel.
A young woman pushed an unsuspecting man to his death under an oncoming subway train in Queens on Thursday night, the police said, the second time a commuter had been fatally thrown to the tracks in less than a month.What a lovely world we live in.
The attack on Thursday was around 8 p.m. at the 40th Street-Lowery Street station in Sunnyside, Queens, where witnesses said the young woman had been pacing the platform, mumbling to herself.
She stopped pacing and took a seat on a wooden bench at the end of the platform, witnesses told the police.
“When the train pulled into the station, the suspect rose from the bench and pushed the man, who was standing with his back to her, onto the tracks into the path of the train,” the police said in a statement. “The victim appeared not to notice her.”
The train was already barreling into the station and the man had little time to react and bystanders had no time to go to his aid, said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman.
The victim was hit by the first car and his body was pinned under the second car before the 11-car train came to a stop.
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