Medical examiner: 40-year-old asphyxiated after being trapped by clothing on MBTA escalator
State medical examiner: 40-year-old man asphyxiated after his clothing became caught and he was trapped on an MBTA escalator for 22 minutes as bystanders did not intervene.
A 40-year-old Massachusetts man died of asphyxiation after becoming trapped at the bottom of an Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) escalator for 22 minutes as no one stopped to help, the state medical examiner’s office has ruled.