Crime & Safety
Woman Killed By Upper West Side Subway: Police
A 59-year-old woman was struck and killed by a subway train at the 72nd Street station Sunday night, officials said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A woman was killed after being struck by a subway train on the Upper West Side Sunday evening, police said.
The tragic collision occurred inside the 72nd Street 1/2/3 Subway station about 10:40 p.m., police said.
A 911 call to police first reported a woman on the tracks, according to officials.
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Arriving first responders discovered a woman, 59, on the uptown 1 train tracks unconscious and unresponsive, an NYPD spokesperson said.
Medics declared the woman dead at the scene, officials told Patch.
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Police said there was no criminality suspected and that the victim's name was being withheld pending family notification.
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