Elderly woman who died after being pushed into BART train identified

SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) — A man who police say pushed a 74-year-old woman into a Bay Area Rapid Transit train resulting in her death was arrested Monday night, according to BART officials. The woman was pushed into a Millbrae-bound train inside the Powell Street Station in San Francisco at 11:06 p.m., officials said.

The train was approaching the station when the victim was pushed, hit her head on the train, and fell on the platform, officials said. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and later died.

The victim has been identified as Corazon Dandan, 74, of San Mateo County.

BART Police Department officers reacted quickly and arrested a homeless man, 49-year-old Trevor Belmont, also known as Hoak Taing, on the platform immediately following the incident, BART PD said.

Belmont was booked into the San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of murder and inflicting injury on an elderly person, inmate records show. He is being held behind bars without bail.

The incident remains under active investigation. BART police are interviewing witnesses and processing evidence, according to BART.

Investigators are still working to determine a motive.

The killing marked the first homicide on the BART system in 2024.

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