Young Aspiring Actress Dragged by Subway Train and Killed in New York

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4/23/2019|Updated: 4/23/2019

A 21-year-old aspiring actress was killed at Union Square station in Manhattan on April 20 after she was caught by the train as it pulled into the station.

Helen McDonald-Phalon died on the tracks around 3 a.m. after she was hit and her clothes or a body part was caught by the southbound No. 6 subway train, reported Daily Mail.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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