A woman has died after being shoved by another woman into the path of an oncoming subway train at Times Square Station. A suspect has been taken into custody, according to police.

NBC New York reports that swarms of police and fire vehicles descended on the Crossroads of the World after getting a report of a person pushed in front of a train at 42nd Street shortly after 1 p.m. Police say the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was standing on the platform waiting for the 1 train when a woman wearing a pink shirt and scarf shoved her onto the tracks around 1:20 p.m., authorities said reported by the NY Post

According to police, the victim was pushed under a 1 train, that serves the west side of the city, as it was travelling southbound just before 1.30 pm.

There was no additional information on the suspect or on the relationship between the suspect and the victim.

Photos posted to social media showed more than a half-dozen emergency vehicles surrounding the subway entrance at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street.

Some subways were rerouted as police investigated. Delays were reported on southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains.

The man was standing on the platform waiting for the train when a woman shoved him onto the tracks https://t.co/mFUl7ltShn — New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) November 7, 2016

According to press reports, the NYPD arrested a woman connection with the incident.



Police take the suspect into custody.

“When I first arrived the train was out of service. And the NYPD and FDNY were evacuating people from the 2 train,” one witness said.

The witness caught a glimpse of police hauling away the woman accused of pushing the victim onto the tracks.

“About 5 minutes ago 20 police officers escorted her out. She was… in mid twenties, her head was up — kinda proud of what she did,” the witness said. Two other women may have been involved, witnesses said.

Some subways were rerouted as police investigated. Delays are reported on southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains.





