Woman trying to retrieve purse from subway tracks is struck by train, loses both legs
By Rocco Parascandola and John Annese
Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily News
The accident happened just after 1 a.m. Saturday, when the 25-year-old woman climbed onto the No. 6 train's roadbed at the E. 28th St. station in Midtown as a southbound train approached. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)
A Brooklyn woman who climbed onto the subway tracks to retrieve her dropped purse was hit by a train and lost both of her legs below the knee, authorities said Monday.
The accident happened just after 1 a.m. Saturday, when the 25-year-old woman climbed onto the No. 6 train's roadbed at the E. 28th St. station in Midtown as a southbound train approached, police sources said.
The train's operator saw the Carroll Gardens resident climbing back onto the platform and pulled the emergency brake — but not in time to avoid hitting her.
Medics took her to Bellevue Hospital. Sources said the impact severed both of her legs below the knees.
With Dan Rivoli