BART rider pushed to death at San Francisco station | KTVU

Published 2024-07-02
BART police arrested a man in connection with the death of a 74-year-old woman who he allegedly pushed into the path of an approaching train at the Powell Street station in San Francisco.

Trevor Belmont, a 49-year-old homeless man who is also known as Hoak Taing, is accused of pushing Corazon Dandan of San Mateo County in front of a Millbrae-bound train shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday, according to BART.

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All Comments (21)
  • @carlozchv
    He’s a repeat offender and y’all thought he wouldn’t be able to up the ante, such Incompetence and the lack of care to the people living in San Francisco
  • @wishteria234
    They are concerned if this 74 old woman had a beef with this killer, are you kidding me.
  • @dongray9852
    They're "disturbed" because perpetrators NEVER get jailed in their universe.
  • @aviation3530
    I’m a dude that’s rides BART and my head is always on a swivel. Trains and stations are full of criminals. This woman didn’t have a chance. Disgraceful.
  • @MT-if1jr
    They better not let this evil perp out jail.
  • @regolith1350
    They provide no photo, video, or even a description of the suspect, despite the fact that the suspect is already in custody, and the cop freely admits there's CCTV video footage of the incident. We all know why.
  • @tinadarst5928
    I wonder how long his criminal record is I’m sure he should’ve been in jail long time ago
  • BART used to release surveillance footage, until a pattern quickly emerged that they didn't want people to recognize because it might give the general public an accurate picture of which demographic commits the most crime. They stopped releasing the footage so as not to upset said demographic.
  • @SoloPilot6
    Sounds like a hate crime, based on the names of victim and scumbag, and the lack of photos of either.
  • I was a regular BART rider from the early 2000s until about two years ago. During this time, I observed firsthand the decay of San Francisco and BART into a drug-infested sh*thole. Powell and Civic Center were always my stops, and in the last few years, I avoided the edge, seeing too many people in a high or paranoid state on drugs. It would be too easy for them to push you in front of a train without consequences. The inner cities of America are becoming third-world places. I travel worldwide and wish we had the backbone to enforce laws and higher behavior expectations like in Singapore or Japan. It is refreshing to visit those places and not smell urine in the train station or worry about some whacked-out drug user pushing you in front of a train Places run by left-wing politicians like Venezuela, South Africa, and now San Francisco turn into sh*thole once those politicians become entrenched.
  • @desolder75
    No physical description of the suspect. Probably another example of Scott Adams advice not heeded.
  • When I'm in London and Paris I always stand at the back of the platform, along the wall until the train has stopped. I don't need to be the first on board. Lucy, being a tourist, I had the luxury of not having to go anywhere during the busiest times.
  • @alileevil
    Richest country on Earth does not seem to have the money to install barricades between the track and the platform like so many Asian countries have. But Ukraine and Israel gets billions
  • @hourbee5535
    Stay aware of your surroundings and be prepared to defend yourself at all times.