NYC woman’s feet are AMPUTATED by oncoming subway train after ‘she was shoved onto tracks by boyfriend during an argument’
- A 29-year-old lost both of her feet on the New York City subway after an argument with her partner ended with her reportedly being thrown into the path of the train
- Emergency crews arrived and rushed the woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she remains in critical condition
- The suspect’s description describes him as a Latino male wearing a blue shirt, jeans and a dark-colored jacket
A woman lost both of her feet after her boyfriend allegedly pushed her onto the subway tracks in New York City.
The woman and her partner are said to have been arguing on the Fulton Street platform in the city’s Financial District on Saturday morning when things escalated.
Sources told New York Post that she was then allegedly pushed onto the tracks as a 3 train approached and hit her.
Emergency services arrive and rush the 29-year-old to Bellevue Hospital, where she is in critical condition, having lost both of her feet in the incident.
The man fled the station after the alleged altercation, with police now searching for him.
The woman and her partner are said to have had an argument on Saturday morning on the Fulton Street platform in the city’s Financial District.
Sources told the New York Post that she was then pushed onto the tracks when a Line 3 train approached and hit her
The suspect’s description describes him as a Latino male wearing a blue shirt, jeans and a dark-colored jacket
A police source told the channel: “They had an argument and he pushed her.”
As a result of the incident, MTA had to shut off power to the rail line to gain access to the woman.
Train services were also significantly disrupted for hours while police investigated the incident.
The post also reported that an hour after the incident in the Financial District, a man in Midtown jumped onto the tracks and was killed by a train.
This latest incident comes just days after New York Mayor Eric Adams said he would bring back baggage checks for subway passengers following a spike in crime.
Recent criminal activity on the trains has included a cellist being hit in the head by a stranger and a shooting that left one person dead and five others injured.
“We know people feel unsafe,” Adams, himself a former transit police officer, admitted at a news conference.
Train services were also significantly disrupted for hours while police investigated the incident
The mayor said he will bring back methods such as bag checks, which were previously used in times of high suspicion
The mayor said he will bring back methods previously used in times of high suspicion.
‘We are reintroducing bag checks. There are several things we are reintroducing into the system,” Adams added, with the NYPD reportedly searching bags for weapons such as knives, box cutters, batons and guns.
94 bag checking teams will be sent to 136 stations each week, although the exact locations are yet to be determined.
The city is also reviewing technology to detect metal objects entering public transportation.
Screening teams will be able to check every passenger’s bags for weapons under the long-dormant policy.
These subway screening protocols were originally brought to the MTA after the 2005 London bombings.
However, it may bring back memories of the city’s stop-and-frisk policy, which was ended in 2014 after being deemed “unconstitutional.”
On Wednesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that National Guard soldiers and state police will be deployed to conduct “random” bag checks, while the number of plainclothes patrol stations will be increased.