Death
MTA Contractor Dies This Morning In Brooklyn
These stories are never easy to write about. It is with sadness that I must write about a MTA contractor who died this morning at the Ave M stop on the which has been under rehabilitation for months. Here is a very brief report on the incident courtesy of Shari Logan & Tom Namako of [...]
Internal Report Reveals Action Before Death
Almost 2 months ago, the MTA NYC Transit family lost track supervisor James Knell after he came into contact with the electrified third rail at the Beach 90th Street A S Station in Queens. Two days after his death, a report in the New York Daily News revealed his death could have been avoided had [...]
Man Dies While Trying To Save His Friend
Over the weekend, I was browsing the New York Daily News website & saw an unfortunate story. The story was about a man who died after being hit by a Queens-bound train. The man, who was identified as 29 year old Jose Gomez, jumped on the tracks to rescue his female friend who went down [...]
MTA NYCT Motorman’s Identity Revealed
About an hour or so ago, I unfortunately wrote an entry talking about the death of a MTA NYC Transit Motorman who had a fatal heart attack while guiding a Brooklyn-bound train out of the Court Square station. In the entry, I noted how the transit agency had not yet released the identity of the [...]
G Train Motorman Suffers Fatal Heart Attack
Unfortunately I have to once again blog about an untimely death of a MTA worker. Earlier this morning, a yet to be unnamed motorman on the train suffered a fatal heart attack while guiding the Brooklyn-bound train out of the Court Square station. Andy Newman of the New York Times has more in this brief [...]
