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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2025/05/29: A train seen arriving at a subway station in Manhattan. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NEW YORK – A man was killed by a moving train at a Brooklyn subway station earlier today after getting into an altercation with another rider, the New York Post reports.
Deadly NYC subway station incident
What we know:
The altercation began as a verbal spat on a train before moving onto the Prospect Park station platform at around 2:30 a.m. today, July 30.
The argument soon turned physical, leading to one of the individuals smacking the other into a departing southbound Q train. The man suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other man who pushed the victim has been taken into custody, but no charges have been filed as of today.
The NYPD told the New York Post that it does not appear the man, who was in either his 30s or 40s, was deliberately pushed into the moving Q train.
What we don’t know:
The catalyst for the altercation is still currently unknown, as is whether the two men knew each other prior to the argument.
The identities of both the victim and the man taken into custody are also still unknown.
The Source: This article includes reporting from the New York Post.
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