A couple were killed by a subway train in Manhattan after the man apparently lost his balance on the platform and both ended up on the tracks, sources told the Daily News.
The sources said the young man, Navam Kaul, hit his head in the fall. The woman, Malaika Chitre, appeared to be trying to pull him to her when they were struck by the No. 4 train as it came into the Spring Street station just before 3:15 a.m. Sunday.
The pair had been seen hugging and kissing on the platform before Kaul fell.
Both were 24 years old, former Rutgers University students who lived in New Jersey.
A police source said investigators are trying to determine if alcohol was involved. Investigators do not believe the incident was a double suicide.
A horrifying video on social media showed the pair on the tracks as the train pulled in. The train operator told supervisors she “saw a man and woman sitting on the tracks” and activated the emergency brake, according to an MTA incident report obtained by the News.
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Kaul and Chitre died at the scene, their bodies recovered from under the third and fourth cars of the 10-car train.
Approximately 100 passengers were aboard at the time of the incident. They were evacuated onto the platform.
Chitre worked as a quality operations specialist for Avadia Pharmaceuticals in Princeton, N.J. for the past year, according to her LinkedIn profile. She received a bachelor’s degree in 2024 from Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences.This August, she began a four-year program at Temple University to earn a doctorate degree in pharmacy. She lived in Dayton, New Jersey, according to police sources.
Kaul worked as a financial analyst for Bloomberg as a contract worker from May 2025 to May 2026, according to the outlet. He attended the Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick from fall 2020 to spring 2024, but did not receive a degree. He lived in Sayreville, N.J., police said.
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