Woman killed, another hurt after getting hit by subway train in Brooklyn
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 20: A subway train pulls into the West 4th station on February 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - A woman who had just gotten off a subway train was killed Sunday after she fell off the platform, landing in between two of the moving train cars. Another woman with her was hurt.
The New York Police Department said the women had gotten off the train at the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn around 12:20 a.m. Sunday.
They began to walk down the platform as the train started moving. Police said the women somehow fell in between two of the train cars.
A 23-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her companion, a 24-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital with a fractured left arm.
Authorities believe the women were intoxicated.
The deceased woman's identity has not been released.