Moet McCullum went to work her normal shift and never made it back home to her kids. The 41-year-old mother of three was hit by a subway train in the middle of the night while working on the tracks. Her sudden death shocked everyone who knew her, leaving her family and fellow transit workers in complete grief.
It happened just after 11:30 p.m. near the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station. McCullum was working as a construction flagger when a southbound D train struck her. She had been on the job with New York City Transit for about 11 months.
Her roots in the transit system ran deep. McCullum leaves behind three children, her mother, and a twin sister who works right alongside her in the MTA as a subway conductor. For her family, the subway was more than just a job site. It was part of their daily life.
Coworkers called the transit system a second family, and losing McCullum hit them hard. People who worked by her side remembered her as a solid teammate who cared about the people around her. Her loss left a massive hole in the yards and stations where she spent her days.
Investigators are now trying to piece together how everything went wrong that night. The National Transportation Safety Board, the Joint Safety Task Force, and the TWU Local 100 safety team are all looking into the crash. Authorities haven’t shared every detail yet, and they asked people not to guess about what happened until all the facts come out.
Working on the tracks is heavy business. It takes constant focus and sharp eyes, especially late at night when visibility is low and trains keep running. McCullum was out there doing that hard work every single shift to keep trains moving for millions of riders.
Right now, her family and friends are leaning on each other to get through the pain. The whole community is keeping her kids and her twin sister in their thoughts. McCullum showed up for her job every day, and her loved ones will make sure her memory stays alive.
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