An MTA track worker, Hilarion Joseph, 57, was tragically killed at the 34th Street-Herald Square station in Manhattan. He was struck and dragged by a northbound D train while serving as a flagger for a road cleaning crew. The incident prompted the MTA to halt non-essential track work. The worker had stopped the train moments before he was run over, following agency safety protocols. The NYPD and NYC Transit president Richard Davey confirmed the details of the incident.
The MTA track worker killed in a subway incident Wednesday was run over by a train that he’d stopped moments before. He appeared to follow agency safety protocols in the situation, according to a supervisor’s account seen by the Daily News. https://t.co/dFLCKDT6jb
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A New York City subway worker was dragged under a train and killed early Wednesday while serving in a role intended to help other workers stay safe while performing work on the tracks, officials said https://t.co/yGroKCFD0N
UPDATE: An MTA worker was killed on the subway tracks at the 34th Street-Herald Square station early Wednesday morning. Hilarion Joseph, 57, was just days away from celebrating his one-year anniversary with the agency. @GainerTV reports. https://t.co/vsbqJlQdKC
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A subway track worker was dragged and killed by a train in Manhattan on Wednesday morning, prompting the MTA to halt all non-essential track work, said NYC Transit president Richard Davey. https://t.co/x632i6p6s2
The NYPD says a 57-year-old MTA track worker was struck and killed by a northbound D train at the 34th Street-Herald Square station just before 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday. @GainerTV has the latest. https://t.co/vsbqJlQdKC
MTA track worker killed after he was dragged underneath passing subway The employee was working as a flagger for road cleaning crew when in-service uptown D train running on express track rolled past and snagged him. https://t.co/YpqXKV9WOR
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