Event Brief
Man dies after bag stuck in closing subway doors
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM ET
Summary: A 57-year-old man, Yaw Boahene, was killed in Brooklyn Monday evening after his shopping bag reportedly became trapped in closing subway doors and dragged him onto the tracks. He was found unconscious and unresponsive on the tracks of a northbound A train at the Utica Avenue station shortly after 6 p.m., and paramedics pronounced him dead. Police launched an investigation into the cause of his death.
WHO: Yaw Boahene; New York Police Department; paramedics
WHAT: A man was dragged onto subway tracks after his bag reportedly got stuck in closing doors and he was found unconscious and unresponsive.
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026
WHERE: Utica Avenue station, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
WHY: Cause not yet established.
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