2-Year-Old Boy Struck and Killed by Train in Lower Manhattan
EMS personnel are seen removing the young victim into the emergency room of Beekman Downtown Hospital. The child was struck by a train in the Fulton Street station of the 2-3 train in Lower Manhattan. (Sam Costanza/for New York Daily News)
(IBEXNews) - A 2-year-old boy was struck and killed by an uptown No. 2 train in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday, cops said.
The toddler slipped away from his mother on the platform on the Fulton St. station at William St. at 5:36 p.m., police and transit officials said.
According to police sources, it appears the little boy’s foot slid off the the platform and that he was pulled between it and a moving train. An investigation was continuing Wednesday night.
Police are seen here securing the Fulton Street Station, of the 2-3 train, where a young child was struck by a train in the station.
Police are seen here securing the Fulton Street Station, of the 2-3 train, where a young child was struck by a train in the station. (Sam Costanza/for New York Daily News)
Police freed the little boy from underneath the train, and he was rushed by EMTs to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he died.
“He was just with me! He was just with me!” a woman wailed after a doctor updated her outside the hospital emergency room Wednesday afternoon.
New York City Transit president Andy Byford called the incident “tragic,” and said the agency was investigating along with police.
“Our hearts break for the family and the MTA is praying for them,” he said. "Our thoughts are with the crew of the train as well.”
The tragedy comes in the wake of an early Sunday tumble from a subway platform at the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn that killed one woman and injured the friend who tried to save her.
The MTA has in recent years considered testing subway platform doors that would keep riders safe from falling onto tracks.
Two other cops were wounded by gunfire during the confrontation. They were treated at Jersey City Medical Center.and released.
Seals was hailed as a hero.
“I’m not surprised he ran toward the danger,” said neighbor Joe Vuocolo, 74, a retired lieutenant from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department.”I don’t think he would run from anything.”
Vuocolo described his North Arlington neighbor as a loyal family man who did flooring on the side to bring in a little extra money.
Vuocolo said Seals started in law enforcement as a corrections officer.
“But he always wanted to be a cop,” Vuocolo said. “He was a great cop and a great family man.”
Seals two-story home was adorned with colorful Christmas decorations, including three blow-up snowmen and red and green lights projected across the front of the home. “Jingle Bells” played in the background.
