A subway train struck and killed an MTA track worker Friday night near the Yankee Stadium station in the Bronx, according to ABC7 Eyewitness News, which first reported the worker's name: Moet McCullum. This paper's own roundups had referenced the death itself in three separate items over the past week without a name attached — the public record simply hadn't caught up. Now it has, and that's worth a standalone look instead of another line buried in a roundup.

Here's what the record actually shows, and where it stops. ABC7 reports McCullum was working on active track when a train struck them near the Yankee Stadium complex, the hub serving the 4, B, and D lines. The report doesn't give an exact time, doesn't specify McCullum's job title beyond "track worker," and doesn't say whether McCullum worked directly for NYC Transit or for a contractor on a capital job in that stretch of track. No MTA public statement and no OSHA fatality inspection had shown up in public records as of this writing. We're saying so plainly rather than guessing.

Why this matters if you've never set foot on an active track: this is at least the fourth time in recent weeks this paper has had to log a transit worker's death in the same sentence as unrelated capital-project news — a groundbreaking, a redesign, a lottery drawing. That's not a coincidence worth shrugging off. Every contractor and sub running crews trackside on an MTA capital job answers to the same Roadway Worker Protection program that's supposed to prevent exactly this kind of strike. When deaths stack up, MTA has a track record of tightening RWP enforcement and shrinking flagging windows — which means longer track outages and tighter work windows for anyone with a contract that touches live track.

If your crews work trackside on any MTA job, this is the week to pull your Roadway Worker Protection certifications and confirm every flagger on that job is current — don't wait for MTA to send the memo. Check MTA's safety bulletins for any change to track allowances before you lock in next week's schedule. And if your MTA capital-program contact mentions a safety stand-down, treat it as real, not boilerplate.

Source: ABC7 Eyewitness News, first to report McCullum's death and name, Sept. 5, 2026. No MTA or OSHA public record was available to confirm further details as of filing; we'll update if one posts.