Man dies after backpack caught in subway door in Brooklyn
Sep 29, 2026
A man died in Brooklyn after falling between subway cars when his backpack got caught in a closing door, police sources said.
The horrific death unfolded aboard an A train during the Monday evening commute, shortly before 6 p.m., in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The man, in his 50s, fell under the tra
in before it was left the Utica Avenue station.
The NYPD said the man was pronounced dead at the scene. They do not suspect any criminality in the man’s death. ...read more read less