21-year-old woman dies on Manhattan subway tracks

Sunday, April 21, 2019
NEW YORK -- A 21-year-old woman was dragged to her death by a moving Manhattan subway train.

Authorities say Helen McDonald Phalon was at the Union Square station early Saturday when a No. 6 train was pulling in.
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Police say she somehow got caught by the train along the platform, then yanked onto the tracks.

Authorities say they're investigating exactly how she ended up on the railbed.
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