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Man found dead on tracks at Brooklyn subway station after his bag reportedly gets stuck in closing doors

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Cirrone, J. (2026, September 29). Man found dead on tracks at Brooklyn subway station after his bag reportedly gets stuck in closing doors. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-found-dead-tracks-brooklyn-subway-station-bag-stuck-closing-doors

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Yaw Boahene, a 57-year-old Brooklyn resident, died on Monday evening when his shopping bag got stuck between closing subway doors at the Utica Avenue station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, dragging him onto the tracks where he was pronounced dead by paramedics shortly after 6 p.m. The incident is one of several rare cases involving commuters being fatally injured due to bags or clothing getting caught in train doors, including a similar fatality last October involving Joseph Ancona at Columbus Circle station.

Written by AI on 2026-09-29, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Monday evening around 6 p.m., Yaw Boahene, 57, of Brooklyn, died after his shopping bag got trapped between closing doors of a northbound A-train as he was exiting the Utica Avenue station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Witnesses reported seeing him dragged backward by the train before falling onto the tracks and being struck by it. Emergency responders declared Boahene dead at the scene, with no criminality suspected. This incident is one of several rare but deadly subway accidents that have occurred recently in New York City, including an October 2022 case where a man died after his bag got caught in train doors.

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Brooklyn FOX 5 New York The New York Times the New York Police Department

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Brooklyn GPE · 4× Boahene PERSON · 2× FOX 5 ORG · 1× Joseph Ancona PERSON · 1× Marcus Bryant PERSON · 1× New York GPE · 1× The New York Times ORG · 1× Vicente Alatorre PERSON · 1× Yaw Boahene PERSON · 1× the New York Police Department ORG · 1×

Narrative

In October 2022, Joseph Ancona, 20, was killed in the Columbus Circle station when his bag was caught in the door, dragging him onto the tracks before he was fatally struck by the train, FOX 5 New York reported at the time.

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2026-09-29 · Fox News

Man found dead on tracks at Brooklyn subway station after his bag reportedly gets stuck in closing doors · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 2 hedged)

A 57-year-old man was killed in Brooklyn on Monday evening after his bag reportedly became trapped in closing subway doors, dragging him beneath the train. uncertain

bag → kill → train

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. uncertain

Boahene → find → Department

Paramedics pronounced Boahene dead at the scene. asserted

Paramedics → pronounce → scene

An investigation has been launched into the cause of his death. asserted

investigation → launch → death

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 reported. asserted

Times → exit → doors

Incidents involving commuters being caught and dragged by subway trains are exceedingly rare, but they do happen. asserted

they → involve → trains

FOX → kill → time

Months earlier, 37-year-old Marcus Bryant was at a station in Brooklyn, where he got caught between a Q train and the platform. asserted

he → catch → train

He was killed after falling onto the tracks. asserted

He → kill → tracks

In 2019, Vicente Alatorre, 39, died after he was dragged into a tunnel by a train at Grand Central Station. asserted

he → die → Station

Authorities initially believed Alatorre's clothing or a bag had become caught in the train doors, but later said that was not the case, The Times reported. asserted

Times → believe → doors