A dog named “Meatball” was killed Monday morning after it fell onto the subway tracks at the Bowling Green station and was electrocuted by the third rail, police said.
According to the NYPD, police officers responded to a call at the station just after 9:40 a.m. Officers found the dog on the tracks next to the third rail of the northbound platform. The pup, which was a Chow Chow, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.
It was not immediately clear how Meatball ended up on the tracks in the first place. MTA rules allow dogs on the subway only if they are “enclosed in a container and carried in a manner which would not annoy other passengers.”…