BY SERGEI KLEBNIKOV | A woman was killed by an oncoming subway car last Saturday, after losing her balance while fumbling with her iPad.
Aracelis Ayuso, 21, an East Harlem resident, was waiting at the Union Square station for the Brooklyn-bound No. 4 train, around 3:30 p.m.
According to officials, she reportedly lost her grip on the iPad, and leaned across the yellow line to save it. When she tried to catch the device, she lost her footing, causing her to fall off the platform and onto the tracks.
She fell in front of the oncoming train. The conductor reportedly spotted her on the rails and put on the brakes, but was unable to stop the speeding train as it pulled into the station.
The New York Post reported that police originally suspected Ayuso might have been drunk when she fell, but that on Sunday, the Police Department said that there were no signs of obvious signs of intoxication. A pending toxicology report will be reviewed.
