If it seems like there are more gruesome incidents involving people getting hit by subway trains, it's not your imagination. There was a 15% spike in injuries last year resulting from subway trains hitting folks: 147 people were hurt to some degree in this manner, up from 128 in 2010. The stats from the NYC Transit’s Office of System Safety [pdf, scroll way down] don't track how many of these incidents resulted in fatalities, nor how many of these were suicides, accidents, or assaults. more ›

A man was fatally run over by a northbound N train yesterday morning. According to the NY Times, no criminal activity is suspected:

A man who said he was a witness, Karriem Torres, said the victim had been running to catch the train and climbed between two cars. He slipped under the train as it began to move and he screamed, Mr. Torres said, adding that by the time the train stopped, the man had been crushed.