‘Suicide, intoxication or accident?’ Indian-origin woman, friend killed on NYC tracks

Indian-origin woman and her friend, both 24-year-old, from New Jersey were fatally struck by a New York City subway train early Sunday after they were seen sitting on the tracks at a Manhattan station. Investigators are trying to determine how and why they ended up in the path of the approaching train.Malaika Chitre and Navam Kaul, both recent Rutgers University graduates, were on the tracks at Spring Street station in Lower Manhattan shortly after 3 am when a southbound No 4 train entered the station. The train operator saw the pair and tried to stop, but was unable to prevent the collision. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Around 100 passengers were later evacuated from the train, according to reports.The circumstances surrounding the deaths remain unclear.