Man, 57, Dragged to Death After His Bag Became Trapped in N.Y.C. Subway Doors

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Yaw Boahene, 57, was fatally dragged by a New York City subway after his bag became trapped in the doors

“It was super traumatic hearing it and also seeing the train continue to move,” a witness said

Investigators said that Boahene was dragged alongside the vehicle before striking a pole and suffering severe trauma

A man was dragged to death after his bag got caught in the doors of a New York City subway. 

At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, a commuter was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the roadbed of the northbound A train at the Utica Avenue Station, near Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) tells PEOPLE. 

The man, identified as 57-year-old Yaw Boahene from the Bronx, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Investigators said that Boahene’s bag, believed to be either a backpack or a shopping bag, became trapped in the doors of the subway train as it was preparing to leave the station, according to The New York Times.

As the train pulled away from the platform, the man was dragged alongside before striking a pole and suffering severe trauma. 

Police tell PEOPLE that the investigation surrounding the incident remains ongoing, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine Boahene’s cause of death. 

“His bag got caught in the door and the train just kept moving,” a witness told WABC. “I didn’t see the man for a while until the train kept moving and then you could sort of hear the sound.”

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It remains unclear whether Boahene was getting on or off the train at the time of the incident.

“There were people screaming within the train and then also people screaming on the platform,” the witness continued.

“I was like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ And I had to call 911 because there was no MTA personnel on the station at all,” she claimed.

Describing the incident as “super traumatic,” the witness went on to say that the conductor didn’t seem to notice what had happened. 

“They kept moving towards Nostrand Avenue,” she said, “although the person had already died.”

A spokesperson for the MTA declined to comment.

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