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Man killed after his bag got stuck in New York City subway door, police say

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Carter, C. (2026, September 29). Man killed after his bag got stuck in New York City subway door, police say. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4747448/nyc-subway-man-killed-bag-brooklyn/

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Yaw Boahene, a 57-year-old man from Brooklyn, died after his shopping bag got stuck between closing subway train doors on Monday evening in New York City. As he tried to free his bag, he was dragged onto the tracks and run over by the departing train. Video footage shows Boahene holding a cane while attempting to retrieve his trapped belongings before falling onto the tracks. The city’s medical examiner will determine the cause of death, with police investigating whether his foot was also caught in the doors. This incident is one of several rare but fatal accidents involving passengers being dragged by subway trains due to clothing or bags getting stuck in closing doors.

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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Boahene PERSON · 4× Brooklyn GPE · 2× Edward Leonard PERSON · 1× Manhattan GPE · 1× NBC 4 New York ORG · 1× New Jersey GPE · 1× New York City GPE · 1× Queens GPE · 1× Yaw Boahene PERSON · 1×

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In October 2022, a 20-year-old New Jersey man was killed at the Columbus Circle station in Manhattan after his clothing or backpack became caught in the doors of a southbound No. 1 train as he attempted to board.

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🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine Boahene’s cause of death, and an investigation into the incident remains underway.

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Man killed after his bag got stuck in New York City subway door, police say · assertive framing

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A 57-year-old man was killed after a shopping bag became trapped in the doors of a New York City subway train, dragging him onto the tracks as the train pulled away from a Brooklyn station, police said. asserted

police → kill → station

Police said Yaw Boahene, of Brooklyn, was exiting the train around 6 p.m. Monday when his bag got caught in the closing doors. asserted

bag → say → doors

He was then pulled onto the tracks and run over as the train departed the station. asserted

train → pull → station

Officers responding to the incident found Boahene unconscious and unresponsive on the tracks. asserted

Boahene → respond → tracks

He was pronounced dead at the scene. asserted

He → pronounce → scene

According to NBC 4 New York, video footage shows a man holding a cane and the bag that was eventually caught. uncertain

that → accord → cane

Once the doors closed on his bag, Boahene then tries to free his belongings as he is dragged with the departing train, eventually hitting the wall and rolling onto the tracks. asserted

he → close → tracks

The outlet said police are also investigating whether Boahene’s foot was caught between the train and the platform during the incident. asserted

foot → say → incident

Police said no criminality is suspected. asserted

criminality → say → ?

The city’s medical examiner will determine Boahene’s cause of death, and an investigation into the incident remains underway. asserted

investigation → determine → incident

The incident is the latest in a handful of rare but sometimes deadly accidents involving passengers being dragged by subway trains. asserted

incident → involve → trains

he → kill → train

He was dragged along the platform onto the tracks. asserted

He → drag → tracks

Six years earlier, 51-year-old Edward Leonard was killed while getting off an F train at the Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens station in Queens. asserted

Leonard → kill → Queens

Police said at the time that his clothing may have become caught in the doors before he was dragged along the platform and struck his head. uncertain

he → say → head