NYC commuter suffered freak subway death after his backpack got caught in train car's closing doors

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 11:32 EDT, 29 September 2026 | Updated: 11:34 EDT, 29 September 2026 A New York City commuter was killed after the closing doors of a subway car trapped his backpack and he fell onto the tracks Monday night.The man identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting a northbound A-train during rush hour when the closing doors caught on to his bag.Boahene then fell between the subway cars, onto the rails and got struck by the train as it pulled away.Police officials said the incident happened at 5.48pm on the A-train line at Utica Avenue. First responders rushed to the subway station and declared the man dead at the scene after he was found unconscious and unresponsive.No criminality is suspected, the NYPD said.A police spokesperson told the Daily Mail that the investigation is still ongoing.Boahene's death is only the latest tragedy involving the New York City subway.Yaw Boahene, 57, fell onto the subway tracks and got railed over by a train after the closing doors of a subway car trapped his backpack. The photo does not depict the train involved in the incidentJust earlier this month, two young New Yorkers got killed by a speeding train as they sat calmly on the subway tracks.Horrified passengers had filmed the college friends sitting together on the tracks, appearing to be holding each other at Canal Street station in lower Manhattan, when a Number 4 train ran over them.In June, a 47-year-old nurse was randomly shoved into the side of an oncoming train in the Bronx, leaving him with a bloody concussion. The Daily Mail also reported on a Yale student accused of sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman aboard an uptown R train in Manhattan. The Daily Mail contacted the MTA and the Mayor's office for comment.