Police are searching for a woman that pushed a man in front of a train in New York City, killing him. For the second time in a month, a man was killed after being pushed in front of a train.
Witnesses claim that the woman got up from a bench and shoved the 46-year-old Indian man onto the tracks when the 7 train was pulling up into a Queens train station at 40th Street-Lowery Street. The man had his back to the woman and didn't notice that she was about to pushed him. When the train pulled up, the man was pinned underneath it, the Associated Press reports.
After pushing the man, the woman ran away, but she was caught on surveillance video. She is described as an overweight Hispanic woman in her 20's. She's about 5-foot-5 and was wearing a blue, white and gray ski jacket and grey and red Nike sneakers.
Witnesses said the woman was mumbling to herself and may have been mentally ill. It is unclear if she knew the victim.
Subway riders are on high alert as this is the second death where a man was pushed in front of a train. On Dec. 3, 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han was also pushed in front of a train by a homeless man, 30-year-old Naeem Davis, who was arrested and charged for the murder.
"It's just a really sad commentary on the world and on human beings, period," Howard Roth, a daily subway rider told AP. He said the deadly push made him think about subway safety, "but I guess the best thing is what they tell you - don't stand near the edge and keep your eyes open."
The New York City subway does not have a barrier to keep people from falling onto the track in a murder or suicide attempt.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority,said there isn't much they can do to prevent these tragedies. The subway is not made for gates or barrirs to be installed as trains have many doors that open in many different positions and it would be extremely costly to change this.
"If we lived in a world of completely available unlimited dollars there may be a way to" prevent such incidents, Joseph Lhota, the MTA chairman said, according to SFGate. "I don't think this is something that can be solved by spending more money in the subway system."
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