NYPD: Man dies after shirt gets caught in subway escalator
<p>Police in New York say a man who died after he was found unconscious in a subway station probably choked to death when he fell on an escalator and his shirt got caught.</p>
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Oct 17, 2018, 11:52 AM
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Updated 2,262 days ago
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Police in New York say a man who died after he was found unconscious in a subway station probably choked to death when he fell on an escalator and his shirt got caught.
According to police, Carlos Alvarez, 48, fell at a station early Sunday in the Bronx, where he was found unresponsive.
Police say Alvarez was cut out of the shirt, rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Authorities say Alvarez had been drinking.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.
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