Death

2 LIRR Trains Crash Into Car

Unfortunately the man dying after being struck by a LIRR train between Freeport & Baldwin was not the only accident the railroad dealt with on Tuesday. A mere few hours later, a Hicksville-bound (Port Jefferson) & Penn Station-bound (Ronkonkoma) train both struck a car that had swerved around down crossing gates.  The collisions led to […]


Man Killed By LIRR Train Near Freeport

The Long Island Rail Road had a bad Tuesday which started in the afternoon when a man was killed after being struck by a westbound train between Freeport & Baldwin. The incident led to service on the Babylon line being suspended between Lynbrook & Babylon. Sadly this was a precursor for what was to come…. […]


Mother Falls To Her Death In Subway Station

I always hate sharing tragic stories as it never gets easier. The latest tragedy occurred last night when 22 year old Malaysia Goodson fell down the final staircase leading to the Bronx/Queens-bound uptown platform at the 7th Avenue station. She had already walked down 5 flights of stairs with her 18 month old in a […]


Man Dies After Being Shoved At Penn Station

If you ride the NYC Subway, at some point you found yourself running to catch a train at any cost & were willing to do whatever it took to do so even if it meant pushing or running through someone. Sadly such actions ended up costing 89 year old Nazi survivor & Hofstra professor Kurt […]


Man Dies At Bronx Subway Station

Unfortunately tragedy struck when 48 year old Carlos Alvarez was strangled to death after his t-shirt got caught in the escalator at the Intervale Ave & station in the Longwood section of the Bronx on Sunday morning. Tina Moore & Ben Feuerherd of the NY Post have more: A straphanger was strangled early Sunday when […]