Death
MTA Worker Commits Suicide In Subway Station
Sadly the weekend got off to a grim start in the world of transit as a MTA maintenance worker committed suicide after jumping in front of a Bronx-bound shortly before the afternoon rush hour on Friday. Rocco Parascandola of the New York Daily News has more: The MTA maintenance worker was killed Friday afternoon when […]
Metro-North Accident Leaves 7 Dead
Unfortunately tragedy has once again struck the Metro-North Railroad as 7 people were killed after a Harlem line train struck a Jeep sitting on the tracks in Valhalla. Here is more via a report from Pete Donohue & Joseph Stepansky of the New York Daily News: Seven people were killed and 12 others injured Tuesday […]
MTA Officer Succumbs To Injuries
I never like to share these stories….. but unfortunately I bring the sad news that MTA Bridges & Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi has passed away stemming from the injuries he suffered in an accident while reopening the Brooklyn-bound lower roadway on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The MTA has more via this press release I received: It […]
Cops Seek Subway Pusher
The biggest fear (if not, it should be!) of any NYC Subway rider is to get pushed onto the tracks in the path of an oncoming train. Many times the outcome is predictably fatal. Unfortunately this was the case yesterday morning when an unidentified black male pushed 61 year old Wai Kuen Kwok onto the […]
Woman Killed By MTA Bus In Queens
Late Wednesday night, a 55 year old woman was struck & killed by a Q47 bus at the intersection of Astoria Blvd & 80th St. Alison Fox of AMNY has more: A 55-year-old woman was hit and killed by an MTA bus in Queens late Wednesday night, police said. The woman, Melania Ward, was crossing […]
