By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
An off-duty NYPD officer found an elderly transit worker unresponsive on Seaman Avenue this morning. When EMS arrived, they pronounced the man, Patrick Renaghan, dead at the scene. Officials say Renaghan was on his way home after working an overnight shift when he collapsed near his Inwood home.
Renaghan, 71, worked for the New York City Transit Authority as a station cleaner and was, according to a Transit Union Official, the oldest worker the company had.
"He was one of our oldest workers," Maurice Jenkins, vice president of TWU Local 100 told the New York Post.
"It's not an easy job to do but he was doing it."
The off-duty officer found the man lying on the ground around 6:15 a.m. bleeding from a wound to the back of his head. He may have sustained the injury when he collapsed. Police believe he may have suffered a heart attack.
Renaghan was married but had no children. The New York City Medical Examiner's office is investigating his death.
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