. >> reporter: apparent accident is hard for dorothy mack to comprehend. >> i use the bart station and how does someone get pinned. >> reporter: around 6:00 her boyfriend somehow stumbled from front of train, pinned at waist between the platform and second car. deployed air bags to push the car off him and transporting to the hospital, conscious and talking. >> the doctor said that he fought. he fought to stay alive. he really did. >> reporter: jeff worked near the bart station as a mechanic in the mission but also drove cab and made many friends doing so. tonight they stopped by to create a candlelight vigil. >> just want his family to know that he was loved. by many. >> reporter: bart police are investigating but a spokesman says appears to be accidental. >> aspiring to be a lawyer. scheduled to take his lsat in february. >> born in berkeley and reared by a single mother, spent part of his childhood in the philippines. mother plans to bury him there. friends set up gofundme page to help with the expense. katie utehs with abc7 news. >>> kate steinle learned they can sue for her death

. >> reporter: apparent accident is hard for dorothy mack to comprehend. >> i use the bart station and how does someone get pinned. >> reporter: around 6:00 her boyfriend somehow stumbled from front of train, pinned at waist between the platform and second car. deployed air bags to push the car off him and transporting to the hospital, conscious and talking. >> the doctor said that he fought. he fought to stay alive. he really did. >> reporter: jeff worked near the bart station as a mechanic in the mission but also drove cab and made many friends doing so. tonight they stopped by to create a candlelight vigil. >> just want his family to know that he was loved. by many. >> reporter: bart police are investigating but a spokesman says appears to be accidental. >> aspiring to be a lawyer. scheduled to take his lsat in february. >> born in berkeley and reared by a single mother, spent part of his childhood in the philippines. mother plans to bury him there. friends set up gofundme page to help with the expense. katie utehs with abc7 news. >>> kate steinle learned they can sue for her death

. >> reporter: an apparent accident during wednesday night's commute is hard for dorothy mack to comprehend >> the b.a.r.t. station, how do you get pinned. >> reporter: her longtime boyfriend somehow stumbled in front of the train. he became pinned at the waist between the platform and second car. rescuers deployed air bags to push the car off of him. transporting de la fuente to the hospital. conscious and talking. >> the doctor said that he fought -- he fought to stay alive. he really did. >> reporter: he worked at the b.a.r.t. station as a mechanic, but also drove a cab and made many friends while doing so. >> i just want his family to know he was loved. by many. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. police are investigating. but a spokesman said the death appears to be accidental. >> he was aspiring to be a lawyer. he was scheduled to take the test in february. >> reporter: born in berkeley and reared by a single mother, de la fuente spent part of his childhood in the philippines. his mother plans to bury him there following a local funeral. friends have set up a go fund me page to help with the funera