After a 911 call, Yaw Boahene was found “unconscious and unresponsive” on the tracks of a northbound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood shortly after 6 p.m., according to the New York Police Department.<\/a><\/p>\n Responding paramedics pronounced Boahene dead, and an investigation has been launched into the cause of his death.<\/p>\n NYC SUSPECT FREED FROM PSYCH HOLD HOURS BEFORE FATAL SUBWAY SHOVING OF 76-YEAR-OLD FORMER TEACHER<\/a><\/p>\n An A train arrives at a Subway station in Lower Manhattan Jan. 16, 2025, in New York City. (Zamek\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Boahene, of Brooklyn, was exiting a train at around 6 p.m. when his shopping bag got stuck in the doors, The New York Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Incidents involving commuters being caught and dragged by subway trains are exceedingly rare, but they do happen.<\/p>\n Police walk through Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn responding to an unrelated incident on June 23, 2023. (Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News via Getty Images)<\/p>\n In October 2022, Joseph Ancona, 20, was killed in the Columbus Circle station when his bag was caught in a door, dragging him onto the tracks before he was fatally struck by the train, FOX 5 New York<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n WOMAN ALLEGEDLY CHOKED SUBWAY RIDER, YELLED ANTISEMITIC REMARKS IN ATTACK CAUGHT ON VIDEO: POLICE<\/a><\/p>\n Months earlier, 37-year-old Marcus Bryant was at a station in Brooklyn, where he got caught between a Q train and the platform. He was killed after falling onto the tracks.<\/p>\n People wait to board a 1-line train at the 72nd Street subway station March 23, 2025, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-train.jpg\")
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