A 15-year-old boy who was train surfing on a city subway died after falling and hitting an electrified third rail, police and police sources said.
The teen was on top of a southbound J subway at the Williamsburg Bridge around 11:25 a.m. when he tumbled underneath the moving train and was killed, cops said. Police sources said the teen struck the third rail.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
After the fall, the train was stopped on the tracks and about 700 passengers had to be taken off the subway, police sources said.
The teen’s identity wasn’t immediately released.
Over the summer, officials warned of an increase in train surfing among teens and blamed the rise on social media.
Denial of responsibility! Today Breeze.in is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – admin@todaybreeze.com. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
