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Transit Worker Killed on Columbus Circle Tracks
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 25, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Apr 25, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Last night around 11:30PM, a 14-year veteran transit worker was killed by a train entering the Columbus Circle station. Daniel Boggs had been setting up stop lights for late-night track work when a southbound 3 train hit him.
Workers suggested that the train was running late and Boggs may have thought that trains had finished running on the 3 line. Fellow workers were devastated, remembering Boggs as a "really good guy." Ron Hall told the Daily News that Boggs "was a big guy. He was the type of guy who didn't need any help with anything. He was like a lumberjack, but he was a softy. He was a great chess player. You wouldn't expect it." And NY1 coverage (not online yet) was sad - you could see other workers crying.
The Columbus Circle 1/2/3 tracks curve as Broadway moves from the Midtown to the Upper West Side as you can see from the subway map. One worker told the News, "There's a curve at the mouth of the tunnel, but it's not so bad that you can't see." We always cringe whenever we see people popping their heads over the tracks to see if a train is coming.
Photograph of a 1 train entering Columbus Circle by edEx on Flickr
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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