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Woman Fatally Struck By Train At Canal Street
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 7, 2013
Modified Apr 7, 2013
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A woman was fatally struck by a train in Manhattan today. According to FDNY, the female victim, believed to be in her 30s, was found on the southbound 1 train tracks at Canal Street just after 1 p.m. “We don't know how she got there,” a police source told the News. “It looks like she was clubbing—leather pants and heels.”
The News adds that investigators are still trying to figure out when she was struck by the train; it's possible she may have been hit hours before her body was discovered.
This was the fifth subway-related incident in the past four days: a 58-year-old man was fatally struck by a D train at West 72nd Street on Saturday morning while retrieving something from the tracks.
A man was fatally struck by a northbound E train at 7th Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan around 7:45 p.m. Thursday night. FDNY said that he apparently jumped in front of the train, and died at the scene. A 56-year-old person was struck by a train around 1:30 a.m. Friday at Fulton Street and Ralph Avenue; that person was taken to Kings County Hospital, but his or her condition is not known.
And on Thursday morning, a 23-year-old Florida man was fatally struck by a train. Cops believe that Bobby Legrand Guin, who had recently moved to NYC, had dropped a wad of $50 and $20 bills onto the tracks and had jumped down to retrieve them when he was struck by a northbound local A train.
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