{"id":360158,"date":"2026-09-29T22:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360158\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:04:09","slug":"man-is-dragged-to-death-by-a-new-york-city-subway-train-after-his-bag-snags-on-a-door-state-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/360158\/","title":{"rendered":"Man is dragged to death by a New York City subway train after his bag snags on a door | State News"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A man was dragged to death by a New York City<\/a> subway train when a bag he was carrying got stuck in the door during the Monday evening rush hour commute, police said.<\/p>\n

Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting the train at a Brooklyn subway station around 6 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.<\/p>\n

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