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Death underground: Dozens killed by NYC subway trains in 2020 even as COVID sinks ridership

As of Dec. 17, the MTA so far this year has recorded 158 people struck by a train. Of those, 58 were fatal, on pace to nearly match the 62 people who died on city subway tracks in all of 2019 — despite daily ridership plummeting by more than 75% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rodriguez hit the emergency brakes — but New York subway trains can’t stop on a dime.[More New York] Queens man appeals murder conviction after 25 years in prison, claims coerced witness testimony wrongly sent him away p That’s on pace to nearly match the 62 people who died on city subway tracks in all of 2019 — despite daily ridership plummeting by more than 75% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[More New York] Harassed by guards and extorted by inmates, Jeffrey Epstein shared suicidal thoughts at NYC federal jail p “These are all tragedies and our hearts go out to the victims and their families,” said MTA spokesman Ken Lovett.New York City Medical Examiner employees remove the body of a person struck by a train on the 1 Line at 34th St.

(Barry Williams/for New York Daily News) Melendez over the last year began working with Transport Workers Union Local 100 — which represents a majority of the city’s transit workers and all of its train operators — to help motormen who’ve experienced 12-9s.Eight hours a day, five days a week, these crews run the heaviest machinery in New York City, with the goal of safely transporting millions of people to their destinations.

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