Ghanaian Woman Commits Suicide by Jumping on the Way of high-speed train in the US

A Ghanaian woman living in the United States of America is reported to have committed a terrible suicide by jumping on the lines of a high-speed moving train earlier this week. The New York Police Department said in a statement that Linda Afriyie, 54, was struck and killed by a southbound R train as it entered the Whitehall Street in Manhattan. Her body is said to have been completely destroyed by the train. Ms. Afriyie was reported missing after she left her home on Steuben Street on Monday morning and failed to report to work. She worked as a dietician at Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Dongan Hills.

It is unclear what triggered her to take her own life this way but an unnamed close friend of the deceased was quoted as saying that he saw her on Sunday during church services and noticed that she was unusually quiet. He added he couldn’t have possibly anticipated that she would take her life that way. “Nobody believes it, I am really shocked. She was always ready to help someone in the church or anywhere her help is needed. We are very troubled by the tragic way she took her life”, the unnamed close friend said.

Ms. Afriyie is said to be one of the founding members of the Church Of Pentecost in Staten Island but she stepped down as one of the leaders of the church last month. The church authorities say although she resigned from leading roles in the church, she was still very active in church duties including helping with services and counseling others. Her death has shock many back home in Ghana. Many say they cannot imagine what pushed her to commit such a horrible and dangerous suicide which is highly uncommon. Her family has also turned down any media interview, saying it is moment of grief for them.