NYC subway dragging death highlights an old school MTA failsafe
A man was dragged to death by a subway train in Brooklyn earlier this week. The incident has prompted increased safety checks by MTA conductors.
A subway conductor at the Utica Avenue station on the A line checks the platform days after a man was dragged to death by a train. The man dragged to death by a subway train in Brooklyn earlier this week put riders across the city on edge.
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