{"id":347558,"date":"2026-09-15T18:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347558\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:46:14","slug":"n-j-pair-killed-by-nyc-subway-train-identified-as-former-rutgers-students-and-longtime-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347558\/","title":{"rendered":"N.J. pair killed by NYC subway train identified as former Rutgers students and longtime friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two 24-year-old New Jersey residents killed when they were struck by a subway train in Manhattan early Sunday<\/a> were longtime friends and former Rutgers University students who were beginning their careers.<\/p>\n

Malaika Chitre, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, and Navam Kaul, of Sayreville, were killed when they were struck by a train at the Spring Street station shortly after 3 a.m., according to police and a report in the New York Post.<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City police said officers responded to the station at about 3:14 a.m. and found a 24-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man on the roadbed after the two had been struck by a train. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

The NYPD does not publicly identify people killed in incidents that are not considered crimes, a department spokesperson told NJ.com.<\/p>\n

Chitre and Kaul were identified in multiple published reports and in a statement from a Rutgers spokesperson.<\/p>\n

“We are saddened to learn of the tragic death of these two former students,” said Dory Devlin, assistant vice president of news and media relations at Rutgers.<\/p>\n

Devlin said university records show Chitre received a bachelor of science degree in May 2024 from Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

Kaul attended the Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick from fall 2020 to spring 2024 but did not receive a degree, Devlin said.<\/p>\n

Sajid Qureshi, Kaul’s neighbor in Sayreville, told the New York Post he was shocked to learn of the deaths.<\/p>\n

“He was a financial analyst, doing everything right. From what I understand she was doing well, too \u2013 good people doing so well, with their whole lives ahead of them. It’s just so sad,” Qureshi said.<\/p>\n

Both Chitre and Kaul had extensive ties to New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Chitre graduated from South Brunswick High School in 2020 and earned a bachelor’s degree in public health with a minor in business administration from Rutgers University in 2024, according to her LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She was working as a quality operations specialist for Acadia Pharmaceuticals and in August began pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree at Temple University’s School of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Kaul graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 2020 and studied finance at Rutgers Business School through 2024, according to his LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He had been working as a financial data analyst for Bloomberg since May 2025.<\/p>\n

The two were longtime friends, according to published reports.<\/p>\n

An MTA incident report, obtained by the New York Daily News,<\/a> said the train operator saw two people on the tracks and attempted to stop the train.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not publicly said why the two were on the tracks. The NYPD said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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