Three Fatal "Accidents"

Man Struck and Killed by A Train in Clinton Hill, Police Say 

By Aidan Gardiner | January 13, 2017

BROOKLYN — A man was struck and killed by an A train in Clinton Hill Friday morning, NYPD officials said.

The victim, who police were still trying to identify, was on the tracks at the Clinton-Washington Avenue station at about 4 a.m. when the train struck him, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police described the man as in his 40s or 50s.

It wasn't immediately clear why he was on the tracks, police said.

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Comment: I doubt that the police even considered homicide as a possible cause. Based on several years' reading reports of scores of unwitnessed track deaths I'm convinced the NYPD routinely blames the victim for his violent track death. 

Their favorite explanations: he was walking on the tracks or he was walking between cars and fell: 

Update on January 15, 2017: According to the Daily News the NYPD assures the public: "It was not immediately clear why the man was on the tracks, but police do not suspect any criminality."

Person Fatally Struck by L Train, Officials Say

By Ben Fractenberg | January 10, 2017

 

BROOKLYN — L train service was disrupted after a person was fatally struck by a train in Bushwick Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The person was found in the subway tunnel near Wilson Avenue at about 2:24 p.m. after a Manhattan-bound train hit the victim, an MTA spokeswoman said. 

It was not immediately clear if the person was walking between stations or if he or she was walking between subway cars and fell off the train onto the tracks. 

Officials did not have any immediate information on the person's identity.


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Comment: Note that the only possible explanations mentioned are that the victim is to blame for his or her death.  Anyone with subway experience knows there are safety chains in place to prevent accidental falls and that no sane person walks on tracks. At mid-afternoon in some remote subway stations passenger activity is very low, ensuring that homicides will have no witnesses.

Man Fatally Struck by Train at Kings Highway Station, Officials Say

By Ben Fractenberg | January 10, 2017

BROOKLYN — A man was fatally struck by a train at the Kings Highway station, disrupting B and Q service ahead of the evening rush, according to officials.

The man was hit at about 4:16 p.m. and pronounced dead at the station, an FDNY spokesman said.

 Service resumed at the station with residual delays at about 5:56 p.m., according to the MTA.

 ... There was no information on the man’s identity immediately available.

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Comment: I could find no mention of these three violent deaths in New York newspapers. 

It looks like nothing will change in 2017. Transit Bureau NYPD officials will protect the MTA from law suits, the media will continue to ignore the outrageous corruption, thugs will kill with impunity and the world's largest transit system will continue to operate without cameras that could have recorded how these three victims were killed.