7-year-old sprog selling candy dies after falling between subway cars, officials say

[Black Lies Matter...]

NORTH PHILADELPHIA -- Officials said a 7-year-old boy has died
after falling between two cars on SEPTA's Broad Street Line
Sunday.

The incident occurred on a southbound train that was traveling
near the North Philadelphia Station.

Witnesses told Action News two kids and a man were selling candy
in between the subway cars when one of the boys slipped through
as the train was moving.
Medics pronounced the child dead just after 6 p.m.

SEPTA shut down the Broad Street Line between Erie and Girard
Stations while officials investigated the incident.

Emotional passengers made their way out of the North
Philadelphia station Sunday night after being stuck on the train
where the incident occurred.

"He dropped all his candy all over the place inside the train,
as he picked the candy up he went through the doors to go
through the next train," said Douglas Spencer of West
Philadelphia. "There were people crying, people that wanted to
help him, but there wasn't much they could do besides jump down."

Officials said the boy was with his 11-year-old brother and a 26-
year-old man at the time of his death, but not his parents.

Family members wept on the sidewalk as they learned the news of
the child's death.

"The adult that was with him should have done better. SEPTA
needs to do better," said one family member. "Put a gate up. Put
a gate up."

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