New Yorker identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, killed after bag was caught in subway train doors
A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train, which then dragged him down.
A 57-year-old man named Yaw Boahene tragically died in Brooklyn, New York, after his shopping bag became entangled between the doors of a subway train. The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday when the man was exiting a Manhattan-bound train at the Utica Avenue station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. As the doors closed, the bag became caught, causing the victim to be dragged backwards, pulled between train cars and onto the tracks.
New York police received a 911 call about the accident around 6:05 PM ET and found Boahene unconscious and unresponsive on the tracks. Emergency medical services pronounced him deceased on the scene, and the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner will investigate the cause of death. While subway accidents are uncommon, a similar incident happened in 2022 involving a 20-year-old man who died after his clothes got caught between the doors of a 1 train at Columbus Circle station in Manhattan during rush hour.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported a slight increase in subway customer accidents in 2025 by 2%, but noted that ridership had grown faster than accidents, resulting in a 4.7% decrease in the 12-month accident rate.
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