Woman pushed to her death in front of New
York subway train
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[November 08, 2016]
By Laila Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman shoved an
unsuspecting traveler off a New York City subway platform into the path
of an approaching train on Monday afternoon, killing the victim
instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said.
The victim, also a woman, was pushed onto the tracks as a southbound No.
1 train pulled into the Times Square station around 1 p.m. EST (1800
GMT), and she was pronounced dead on the scene shortly afterward.
Witnesses immediately alerted police officers, who apprehended the
suspect in the station.
Neither the victim nor the suspect was immediately identified by
authorities.
"What happened here today is tragic," Joseph Fox, chief of transit for
the New York City Police Department, told reporters at the midtown
Manhattan subway station, one of city's largest and busiest.
The victim was standing on the platform when the suspect, wearing a pink
shirt and scarf, lunged at her, police said.
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Two hours after the incident, emergency responders were working to
remove the woman's body from the tracks and resume subway service at the
station before peak evening commuting hours.
Investigators were reviewing surveillance video and interviewing
witnesses to determine a motive, said William Aubry, the police
department's chief of Manhattan detectives.
Many of those who saw the attack were visibly shaken. Some witnesses
said the victim and the suspect were involved in a dispute before the
fatal shove, Aubry said, but it was not immediately clear whether the
women knew each other.
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New York City police arrest a woman after a commuter was pushed in
front of a subway train as it arrived at a Times Square train
platform in New York, New York, in this still image from video taken
November 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Carman
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Dozens of people are hit by New York City subway trains each year,
although most of the incidents are accidental, according to the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the system.
Last year, a woman was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison
for fatally pushing a man into the path of an oncoming New York
subway train in 2012.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Andrew Hay and Jonathan
Oatis)
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