New Details Reveal What Happened Before Two 24-Year-Old Friends Were Killed by NYC Subway Train

New details are shedding light on the final minutes of Navam Kaul and Malaika Chitre, the two 24-year-old longtime friends who were killed by a subway train at Manhattan’s Spring Street station last weekend.

The pair’s deaths were already known, but law enforcement sources have now provided a clearer account of what reportedly happened before both ended up on the tracks — including an affectionate moment on the platform and the sequence that followed.

Pair Were Seen Together on Platform Before Tragedy

Kaul and Chitre were reportedly seen hugging and kissing at the station shortly before the fatal incident at around 3:15 a.m. Sunday.

According to law enforcement sources, the situation changed when Kaul appeared to lose his balance and fell onto the tracks, striking his head.

Chitre then went down onto the tracks in an apparent attempt to help him.

The newly reported sequence offers additional context to earlier footage showing the two sitting on the tracks before an approaching No. 4 train struck them.

Sources said the train operator did not have enough time to stop.

Investigators Do Not Believe It Was a Double Suicide

Authorities have also been examining why the pair remained in such a dangerous position.

Investigators were looking into whether intoxication may have affected their awareness of the danger, according to sources. However, that possibility has not been established as the definitive explanation.

Sources said investigators do not believe the deaths were a double suicide.

That distinction has become particularly significant as friends struggle to reconcile the circumstances of the tragedy with the young people they knew.

Friends Say Their Actions Were Out of Character

Kaul and Chitre were longtime friends who had graduated from Rutgers University in 2024 and were beginning their professional lives.

A family friend whose son grew up with Kaul said there was nothing in his life that suggested he would deliberately put himself in such danger.

The two had grown up roughly 11 miles apart in Central New Jersey and shared a wider circle of friends.

Kaul’s neighbor, Sagid Qureshi, was similarly stunned by the news, describing him as a young professional who appeared to be doing well.

Chitre was also building a promising future. She worked as a quality operations specialist at Acadia Pharmaceuticals and was studying to become a doctor of pharmacy at Temple University. Kaul had worked as a financial data analyst at Bloomberg after graduating, with a company source saying his contract ended in May.

The latest account does not answer every question surrounding the tragedy. But it adds an important new detail to the timeline: according to sources, one friend appears to have fallen accidentally — and the other followed him onto the tracks in an effort to help.