A woman accused of pushing an 84-year-old woman from a Metro Gold Line platform to her death in an apparently unprovoked attack was charged Tuesday with murder.
Jackkqueline Pogue, 44, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in connection with Betty Sugiyama's death.
The victim and her sister were walking on the platform at 200 N. Alameda St. about 8:30 a.m. Sunday when Sugiyama was pushed from the platform onto the tracks, according to sheriff's Lt. Dave Coleman.
Witnesses said the attack appeared to be unprovoked, he said. Sugiyama hit her head on the tracks and never regained consciousness.
Pogue was arrested at the train station and has remained jailed since then on $1 million bail. If convicted, she could face up to life in prison, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Murder Charge Filed in Case of Woman Pushed From Train Platform
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