Man dragged to death by New York City subway train after his bag snags on door

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September 29, 2026

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Man dragged to death by New York City subway train after his bag snags on door

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NEW YORK (AP) — 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 6:00 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.

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