Do not walk between cars!: A man tragically died in the New York subway

A man died on Sunday, March 20, in the afternoon at the Seventh Avenue F/G subway station after falling onto the tracks below, reports Brooklyn paper. Apparently, this happened while walking between train cars, police say.

Witnesses claim that the man moved between the cars and fell on the rails. He was hit by an F train that, according to an MTA spokesman, was leaving the station on the tracks heading north. Train F's brakes were applied after it ran over per person, according to the MTA on Twitter. Service on lines F and G was suspended south of Fourth Avenue-Ninth Streetwhen the first rescuers tried to pull the man out. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A police spokesman said there was no evidence of a crime, meaning no one pushed him, but it remains unclear whether the man jumped on purpose or accidentally fell.

While walking between train cars is common, MTA constantly warns its customers to refrain from acting while the train is in motion.

The number of dangerous "movements" in the subway system has grown over the past few years. According to the MTA, 1267 reported cases in 2021, up from 1062 in 2019. In 2021, 200 passengers were injured, of which 68 people died.

The problem came to the fore in 2022 after the January death Michelle Guo, who was pushed onto the train tracks by a mentally ill homeless man at the Times Square station. Defenders argued that the platform doors prevent unauthorized access to the tracks when trains are not in the station, which could have saved Guo's life. The MTA published a nearly 4000-page report, finding that the installation barrierc is not feasible at most stations. This project would cost billions of dollars if the barriers were installed at suitable stations.

However, authorities announced last month that they would soon be piloting platform barriers at three stations in five boroughs.