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    Queens woman paralyzed after terrifying subway shove says MTA ‘failed’ her: lawsuit

    By Kathianne Boniello,

    23 hours ago

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    The city and the MTA have done nothing to prevent straphangers from getting shoved into subway trains or onto the tracks — even though it’s a “ known problem ,” contends a victim who was paralyzed in a terrifying attack.

    Queens artist Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy was left with a broken neck and paralyzed from the chest down after a madman randomly pushed her into a departing F train on May 21, 2023 at around 6 a.m. at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station.

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    Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy was left paralyzed from the chest down after a madman randomly pushed her into a departing train in 2023. Courtesy of Emine Ozsoy

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    Those in charge of the subways “failed to take steps to protect [her] from a known problem of criminal and mentally unstable people pushing others into or in front of moving trains and set up proper safeguards and barriers for people waiting for the subway trains while they are on the platform,” according to the Manhattan Supreme Court case.

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    Kamal Semrade, 39, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charged for allegedly shoving Ozsoy. G.N.Miller/NYPost

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    No platform barriers have been installed, and there is no plan to “prevent or reduce the frequency or severity of injuries to people on the platform from being pushed,” she argues in the legal papers.

    Since 2020, dozens of people have been shoved onto subway tracks, according to reports.

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    The Jackson Heights woman, who is seeking unspecified damages, told The Post in February she was trying to leave the Big Apple for a chance to get accepted into the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis in Florida. Friends created a GoFundMe to assist in mounting medical bills .

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    No steps have been taken to keep straphangers safe, the victim alleged Paul Martinka

    Ozsoy also sued the train conductor for operating the locomotive “at an excessive rate of speed,” and accuses the EMTs who responded that day of failing to properly stabilize her neck and back as they got her out of the station and into the hospital.

    Kamal Semrade, 39, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly shoving Ozsoy . The criminal case is pending.

    The MTA and the city Law Department declined comment.

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    mary smith1
    50m ago
    I guess she has to sue everyone and hope that at least one on them will pay up. Some of the lawsuits will get tossed out.
    its Nunu2u
    1h ago
    Wow
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