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Straphanger hit by subway loses both her feet after boyfriend pushes her onto tracks during argument: cops
A woman lost both her feet after her boyfriend allegedly pushed her onto the subway tracks — where she was struck by a train in Manhattan, police sources said.
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Straphanger hit by subway loses both her feet after boyfriend pushes her onto tracks during argument: cops
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Published March 9, 2024
Updated March 9, 2024, 11:28 p.m. ET
A woman lost both her feet after her boyfriend allegedly pushed her onto the subway tracks — where she was struck by a train in Manhattan, police sources said.
The southbound 3 train was pulling into the Fulton Street Station at Chambers Street Saturday at 10:25 a.m. when it hit the 29-year-old, whose name was not released, severing her feet, cops said.
“They were arguing and he pushed her,” a police source said.
4 First responders helped get the victim to Bellevue after she was hit by a subway train downtown. William Farrington
4 Members of the FDNY and NYPD pulled a woman off of the subway tracks after her boyfriend pushed her at the Fulton Street Station. Both of her feet were severed. William Farrington
The suspect, Christian Valdez, fled the station, but was arrested at about 9:35 p.m. at the corner of Jay and Willoughby streets in Brooklyn, when he went to meet a parole officer but was instead met by NYPD, sources said. He was charged with attempted murder and felony assault.
The MTA cut power to the third rail and the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
It wasn’t clear what the two were arguing about.
4 The suspect, Christian Valdez, fled the station, but was arrested at about 9:35 p.m. in Brooklyn on Saturday
One witness said he served in the Iraq war and used his training, which included emergency medical response, to try and help.
“So I went down just to see if there was any way I could contribute,” said the man, who gave his name as William. “And when I went down I saw her between two cars.”
He tried talking to the woman to keep her calm.
“She said something to the effect that she didn’t deserve this,” the 48-year-old said. “She held a part of her flesh to show me that she might have lost her leg.”
He stayed with her for about five minutes until police got there.
“I hope she’s good,” he said. “She’s really strong. She told me she was going to the spa.”
4 Rescuers lift woman out of the Fulton Street Station. William Farrington
Less than an hour later, a man jumped onto the tracks in Midtown and was fatally struck by a train, cops said.
The fatality happened at Seventh Avenue and West 53rd Street around 11:30 a.m., cops said.
No details were available about the Seventh Avenue incident, which is believed to be unrelated to the Fulton Street shoving.