New York Personal Injury Attorneys BlogMan Killed After Bag Caught in A Train Doors: What the Brooklyn Subway Accident Raises About MTA Liability
A 57-year-old Brooklyn man was killed Monday evening after a bag he was carrying became trapped in the doors of a Manhattan-bound A train at the Utica Avenue subway station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, raising serious questions about subway door safety, train departure procedures and potential liability.
Police identified the victim as Yaw Boahene. According to investigators, Boahene was exiting the train shortly before 6 p.m. on September 28, 2026, when a plastic bag he was carrying became caught in the closing doors. The train then began moving, reportedly dragging him along the platform for approximately seven train cars before he struck a wall near the end of the station and fell onto the tracks. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation remains ongoing, and no final determination has been made as to why the train was able to leave the station while Boahene was still connected to it.
