- Commuters walk on the platform as a train enters the 40th St-Lowry station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Qeens section of NY, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspectede of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.
- Commuters wait on the platform as a train passes throughthe 40th St-Lowry station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Qeens section of NY, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspectede of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.
- A reward poster is displayed onthe entrance tothe 40th St-Lowry station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Qeens section of NY, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspectede of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have identified a man they say was shoved to his death in front of a subway train by a woman.
Police said Friday that Sunando Sen was pushed from the platform the night before. The 46-year-old Sen was from India and lived alone in Queens.
Investigators identified him
through a smartphone and a prescription pill bottle he was carrying when
he was struck by a 7 train. His family in India has been notified.
It's the second time this month a man has been pushed to his death on the subway tracks.
Some subway systems around the world are actually being retrofitted with safety systems to cut down on push-deaths (and accidents and suicides). So why not New York City? Last year, 146 people were struck by subway trains in New York City. Of those, 47 were killed. That amounts to one accident every 2.5 days, many of which would conceivably have been prevented by a feature now widely used around the world.
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