According to police sources, a woman was reportedly burned to death aboard an F station in Coney Island, New York, on Sunday night after a person allegedly threw a lit match at her, igniting her with a horrible turn of events.
Shortly before 7:30 am, NYPD officers discovered the girl engulfed in flames on an idle train after receiving reports of a fireplace at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue train station. She was passed away at the scene, according to emergency service.
Alex Gureyev, 39 year old Brooklyn building director said,” It’s intimidating”.
Although it is unknown whether they were involved in the flames, sources claim the sufferer was surrounded by wine bottles. When a person in his 20s, seated across from her, came up and threw the match, it appeared to be asleep. The think fled the place, but it is not known what led to the attack.
The person who is accused of setting the traveler on fireplace can be seen watching as she is burned to death in a movie that has been captured of the incident. The suspect was unconcerned by disturbing images that the Post obtained, unaware of the flames that were engulfing the girl who was standing by the train’s door.
A travel agent enters the open doorway and appears to talk for a while while he continues down the platform. After the agent passes, the criminal, described as a 25- to 30-year-old man, about 5 foot 6 inches tall, weighing around 150 lbs, stands up, apparently to leave. Therefore it stops playing.
The believe was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, jeans, brown boots, and a black knit hat with a dark group, according to the NYPD. Authorities are offering a$ 10,000 reward for any information that might lead to his arrest.
According to the New York Post, the woman’s body was carried out of the station inside a black body bag just after 1 pm, shocked commuters.
” It’s incredible”, a commuter said.
An MTA employee told The Post about the incident, saying the woman’s clothes appeared to have been completely “burned off.”
” I was just walking by. The cops was there already. I didn’t see her in flames but that’s what I heard. It was out. They shut the lights off]in the car ] so nobody could see”, the worker said.
While moving trains to take in the horrific scene, commuters kept pauses in their tracks.
Gureyev said,” It’s going down hill a bit. Everybody keeps saying it’s going back to the seventies. It’s a frequent occurrence — not like this, setting people on fire— but like the mugging, the killings, the fighting, the shootings, they’re really common nowadays. ]It’s ] very bad”.
The incident comes as New York Governor Kathy Hochul has increased National Guard patrols for the holiday season in the city’s subway system. The deployment brings the total number of guards to 1, 000 as part of a$ 100 million security initiative. The murder rate in the subway system has increased by at least 60 % this year, despite Governor Hochul’s claim that transit crime has decreased by 10 % since March.
Violent Weekend in NYC Transit
- Queens Stabbing: Just after midnight on Sunday, a fight among five men on a southbound 7 train at Woodside Avenue and 61st Street turned deadly. One person was allegedly stabbed in the chest and another in the face by a 69-year-old man. The victim was stabbed in the chest, and she passed away in the hospital. The suspect is being held and is awaiting charges.
- Assault on D Train: At 4: 30 am, a passenger threw a can at the conductor of a northbound D train, forcing it out of service. The 38-year-old conductor was hospitalized in stable condition. The attacker is still at large.
Even as millions of holiday visitors visit New York City, these incidents highlight ongoing safety concerns in the subway system.
