Two corpses found in New York subway tunnel: this is the second case in 10 days

On the Manhattan subway, a train to death hit two homeless people in a tunnel. This is the second such incident in the last two weeks. Writes about it New York Post.

The NYPD said a man and woman were hit by southbound train 1 as it approached the Broadway station in Hamilton Heights at approximately 10:30 a.m.

Both people died at the scene, police said. The pair appeared to be walking on the tracks when they were hit. It is unclear if they knew each other.

The incident came just over a week after the April 20 attack at the Sutter Avenue Rutland train station in Brownsville. the mutilated bodies of two homeless men were found.

They were spotted that morning by the train conductor. Obviously, people were hit by an earlier train.

City Hall and the New York City Department of Transportation (MTA) are trying to solve the problem.

"It's crazy that people are willingly walking on subway tracks forcing public transit workers to risk their own safety looking for their camps," MTA security chief Pat Warren said in a statement. “We must not repeat that: tunnels are dangerous, it is illegal to walk on rails, because it is life-threatening and can affect thousands of other people. As New York City Mayor Eric Adams says, there must be a better alternative for those in need of housing and assistance."

The authorities, among other things, are fighting a large number of homeless people at stations and in tunnels. This led to several high-profile incidents, including the death of Michelle Goh, who was pushed under a train by a crazed homeless man at the Times Square station.

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Eric Adams launched a program in February that sends outreach teams to the subway to find the homeless and the mentally ill. Then social services work with them. Adams' office alleges that the subway security plan resulted in more than 700 people going to homeless shelters.

These teams cannot visit the subway tunnels.

"No one should step onto the tracks without proper training - it's illegal and extremely dangerous," Adams spokeswoman Kate Smart said in a statement. “We are grateful to our partners at the MTA who are doing the important job of keeping the tunnels safe.”

Earlier, the public transport industry promised to launch a pilot program to install barriers on platforms. The barriers used in cities such as Paris and Hong Kong have been talked about several times in New York, but they were considered impractical due to the high cost.

According to the February report of the Task Force on Illegal Entry, the number of reported tunnel intrusions increased by 20% from 2019 to 2021. The report says that out of 1267 penetrations in 2021, 200 resulted in accidents, 68 resulted in deaths.

Since the beginning of the year, the agency has been collecting more detailed data on the causes of penetrations. The data shows that of the 160 incidents reported in January, 79 were voluntary penetrations and 40 were related to mental illness or people with emotional disorders, nine suicides and four assaults.

“There are a lot of suicides, there are people who fall, there are people who are pushed,” said City Council member Mark Levin. “All this could have been avoided if there were barriers on the platforms. With each death, the arguments for their establishment grow stronger.”