MP3 players to die for
December 19 2009
Seems people are getting very attached to their personal music devices and mobile phones, so much so they are prepared to die for them. The first reported of someone dying for their mobile case was 5 years ago, when a teenage girl jumped on the subway tracks at Grand Avenue station in the Queens suburb of New York, to retrieve her mobile phone. It was around 2pm in the day when she jumped down, but was not able to get back to the platform before being hit by a train.
More recently, but again in New York, a man died at Pennsylvania Avenue Station when to jumped on to the tracks at 8.30am to retrieve his dropped mp3 player, but unfortunately he was struck by on oncoming train and died instantaneously.
Central Park West Station, New York, is the latest station where a death has occurred. It was reported a Hispanic man in his early 30’s was seen having a heated argument on his mobile phone when he accidently dropped his mp3 player down on to the tracks. After jumping down to get it, he was not able to get back up in time before the next train came, which ploughed him down. The station was closed for several hours while the cleanup of his dismembered body was undertaken.