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New York subway operator dies in apparent railyard accident

By Trains Staff | August 12, 2022

| Last updated on February 23, 2024


Operator had joined transit agency in May

Men in high-visibility vests and hard hats talking at subway yard
New York City Transit President Richard Davey and Senior Vice President of Subways Demetrius Crichlow visit Mosholu Yard where a train operator was found unconscious on Thursday and later pronounced dead. (Marc A. Hermann/MTA)

NEW YORK — A New York City Transit died after being discovered between tracks of a subway yard in the Bronx on Thursday, possibly after making contact with the electrified third rail, according to police.

WINS radio reports the 38-year-old woman was found about 8:20 a.m. at the Mosholu Train Yard in Jerome Park, and transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The victim was reported to be Azure Forde, who had joined NYC Transit in May.

“The Transit family is heartbroken to have lost a colleague as she was putting a train into service at the Mosholu Yard to help move New Yorkers,” New York City Transit President Richard Davey said in a statement, “and we are conducting a thorough investigation to determine what happened.”

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