Yaw Boahene was dragged alongside before striking a pole and suffering severe trauma, according to investigators
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- Yaw Boahene, 57, was fatally dragged by a New York City subway after his bag became trapped in the doors
- “It was super traumatic hearing it and also seeing the train continue to move,” a witness said
- Investigators said that Boahene was dragged alongside the vehicle before striking a pole and suffering severe trauma
A man was dragged to death after his bag got caught in the doors of a New York City subway.
At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, a commuter was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the roadbed of the northbound A train at the Utica Avenue Station, near Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) tells PEOPLE.
The man, identified as 57-year-old Yaw Boahene from the Bronx, was pronounced dead at the scene…