Police: Man pulls woman onto Brooklyn subway tracks, train kills both
Couple was reportedly dating
A man and a woman were struck and killed by a New York City subway train after police say he pulled her off the platform and they both fell onto the tracks.
Police say 42-year-old Cynthia Raiser and the 54-year-old man were hit around 4:45 p.m. Thursday at the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn.
She was pronounced death at the scene. The man died at a hospital. His name has not been released.
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