A 57-year-old commuter, identified as Yaw Boahene, died after his backpack was caught in the closing doors of a northbound A train at Utica Avenue on Monday evening. As the train pulled away, he fell between the cars and onto the tracks, where he was struck. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police said the incident happened at 5.48pm and that no criminality is suspected; the investigation is ongoing. The article places his death amid other recent subway incidents, including two people killed by a train at Canal Street earlier this month and a nurse injured after being pushed towards an oncoming train in the Bronx in June.