NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- The MTA responded to reports Thursday that a subway rider was dragged to his death after his pants allegedly got caught in a train door, saying hours later, flat-out, "this is not a door incident."
Police initially said the 37-year-old victim was leaving a northbound Q train at the Avenue M station in Midwood around 11:50 p.m. when his pants became caught in a closing door of the train.
However, the MTA countered that, saying an investigation revealed the man did not get his pants stuck on the door, but rather managed to get caught in between the station platform and the train itself.
"The individual was caught between the train and the platform and later fell into the pit, into the tracks, and a second train came over him," said Transit Authority President Richard Davey at the Midwood station Thursday.
The man was then hit by a second northbound Q train that arrived at the station.
Power to the tracks was turned off and the man was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition. He was pronounced dead at the hospital around 1 a.m., police said. His identity has not yet been released.
The station is equipped with working cameras, and there is protocol for the train operator to glance out the window in both directions to ensure that no one is in the way.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Q line service was delayed or suspended in Brooklyn overnight amid the police investigation. Service resumed around 3:30 a.m.
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