Increase in deaths of people walking between subway cars in NYC

Monday, December 31, 2018
NEW YORK (WABC) -- There was a disturbing spike during the month of December in deadly incidents involving subway passengers walking in between cars.

Officials say a homeless man was killed while walking between cars of a Q train near the 96th street subway station Sunday evening.
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That's the fourth death of this kind in December.

The deaths have prompted transportation officials to renew warnings about the dangers of walking between moving subway cars.
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