In Manhattan pickpocket died under a subway train after he jumped on the rails, having snatched out from hands the mobile phone of one of the passengers, reports the New York Post.
The incident occurred early Thursday morning, March 12, around 4:00 at the station Canal Street in the subway train No. 1, which was moving in a northerly direction. The thief, who was riding in the car, grabbed a mobile phone from the hands of one of the passengers, 47-year-old man. Police say the offender ran from the car and jumped onto the tracks and was then hit by a train death. Medics arrived at the scene, announced the death of the suspect, whose identity has not been established.
1 and 2 trains are delayed in both directions while we remove third rail power to allow the police to investigate a report of an injured passenger on the tracks at Canal St.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) March 12, 2020
After the incident, was paralyzed first and second subway line in both directions — this was reported by representatives of metro new York to his Twitter.
