Authorities say Helen McDonald Phalon was at the Union Square station early Saturday when a No. 6 train was pulling in.
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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