A fight on a New York subway platform turned tragic when a 20-year-old man fell onto the tracks and was hit by a train yesterday at a station in Queens.
The incident remains under investigation. It is believed the victim and an 18-year-old teenager got into a confrontation inside the 74th St.-Roosevelt Ave. station in Jackson Heights and the largest of them fell onto the tracks around 11 a.m. Monday, the New York police said.
The injured man died on the spot after being hit by a train on the F line bound for JamaicaHis name was not immediately released, he said. Daily News.
The teenager was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. No charges were immediately filed. The accident paralyzed subway service in Queens, causing long delays until the afternoon on lines E, F, M and R. Manhattan-bound trains were still avoiding the 74th St.-Roosevelt Ave. station late Monday afternoon, though Jamaica-bound service had already resumed.
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FIt was the second death on the New York subway in a few days, after a 33-year-old man was stabbed in a fight on Saturday afternoon on a train in The Bronx.
Since taking office in January 2022, the Mayor Eric Adams, former NYPD, He announced several times that the number of police officers would be doubled on the chaotic NYC subway. But the violence and fare evasion have continued.
In early August, a woman described as mentally ill was charged with pushing a pair of Mexican tourists onto the tracks at a station in Lower Manhattan. In late July, a 15-year-old boy was found dead on the subway tracks in Queens in a possible case of illegal “surfing,” and less than two hours later, an adult was fatally struck in an underground station in Chelsea, Manhattan.
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