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No. 4 Subway Train Kills Two at Spring Street

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

A southbound No. 4 subway train struck and killed Malaika Chitre and Navam Kaul in Manhattan.
The collision occurred around 3:15 am at the Spring Street station in Lower Manhattan.
The operator saw the victims, applied the emergency brake, but the train failed to stop.
Approximately 100 passengers aboard were safely evacuated after the collision.
Detectives are reviewing video and probing a possible fall, intoxication or suicide, though no note was found.

History

Historical Context

On June 22 2009 a Washington Metro Red Line head-on collision near Fort Totten killed nine people and injured more than 70 after a faulty track circuit made a stopped train invisible to automatic train-control systems. The NTSB report spurred mandatory upgrades to automatic train-control, a safety reform cited after today’s Manhattan No. 4 subway crash involving MTA operators.

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Story summary

A southbound No. 4 subway train struck and killed Malaika Chitre and Navam Kaul in Manhattan.
The collision occurred around 3:15 am at the Spring Street station in Lower Manhattan.
The operator saw the victims, applied the emergency brake, but the train failed to stop.
Approximately 100 passengers aboard were safely evacuated after the collision.
Detectives are reviewing video and probing a possible fall, intoxication or suicide, though no note was found.

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