A woman was apparently pushed to her death Saturday in front of a subway train at the Times Square station, police said.
NEW YORK — A woman was apparently pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station Saturday, police said.
The victim was waiting for a southbound R train around 9:40 a.m. when she was apparently shoved, according to police.Subway conditions and safety have become a worry for many New Yorkers during the pandemic. Although police department statistics show major felonies in the trains and buses have dropped over the past two years, so has ridership, making it difficult to compare.
“We must restore public trust in our transportation system,” the former police captain said Jan. 6 while announcing a plan to have officers patrolling the street head into subways to do “visual inspections” and have transit officers walk through trains and talk with passengers.
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