BRONX, NY. (THECOUNT) — New York police have identified Carlos Alvarez as the man found choked to death after apparently getting his shirt caught up in a Bronx escalator Sunday.

Alvarez, 48, fell at a train station in the Bronx early Sunday, where he was found unresponsive.

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He was cut out of the shirt, rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead, said the NYPD.

Authorities say Alvarez had been drinking.

Anyone with possible information on the deadly incident should contact NYPD at 911.