In a recent accident, a young mother fell to her death in a Manhattan subway station.
The woman was pushing her 1-year old daughter in a stroller when she attempted to carry the baby with the stroller down the stairs. The subway station at Seventh Avenue and 52rd Street had no elevator to access the platform. The 22-year old mother was unconscious when emergency responders arrived, and she was later declared dead at the hospital.
Her daughter was conscious and treated at the scene, and later placed with family members.
At the time of this writing, the New York medical examiner has still not determined the cause of death in the absence of significant trauma. The victim may have had a pre-existing medical condition. Nevertheless, her death demonstrates the dangers of those subway stations that have no elevators for parents with babies or young children as well as for people with disabilities.