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Subway Surfer Dies While Hanging Off Side of Crowded Train

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A subway surfer was killed after being seen hanging off the side of a crowded Brooklyn train, according to the police. The man, described as being in his 50s, was fatally struck by a Q train at the Prospect Park station at Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Road in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, according to the NYPD.

Authorities stated that witnesses reported seeing the man hanging off the side of the train before the incident occurred. He was pronounced dead at the scene by responding EMS workers, and no criminality was suspected.

One witness told the New York Post that the man “was going nuts on the train” before he began surfing.

“After getting on top of the train, his jacket became entangled with a signal pole, leading him to end up underneath the Q,” they explained. Additional witnesses informed the Post that the train dragged him “20 to 50 feet” after he was spun around “like a washing machine” by the signal pole.

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The incident caused delays on the subway that morning, with southbound B and Q trains experiencing “severe disruptions” in Brooklyn, as stated by the MTA in a post on X.

Inconvenienced commuters were observed boarding shuttle buses on Flatbush Avenue. Less than two weeks before the man’s death, a 14-year-old subway surfer named Alam Reyes was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was struck by an oncoming train.

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This incident occurred after he rode outside a southbound F train at the Avenue N station in Brooklyn. Richard Davey, the president of New York City Transit, stated that the teen seemed engaged in a stunt known as “subway surfing,” which involves jumping on top of train cars. 

The Washington Post reported that last year, there were five deaths in similar circumstances, with four deaths resulting from subway surfing in the four years before. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released data indicating that incidents of passengers riding outside of subway cars had increased by 366 percent since 2021.

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Users commented on the unreasonableness of surfing on trains. One said: “Well, at least he died doing what he loved to do.” Others remarked: “No tears here. Can’t fix stupidity.” “Wow, I just feel so bad for… the people stuck on the train or in the stations while his mess was cleaned up. The idiot surfer? Not so much.”

Another wrote, “Remember that book, ‘All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten’? Well, I learned in kindergarten that I ride inside of a train,” while one commented, “‘No criminality was suspected.’ Stupidity isn’t a crime, but does, on occasion, result in severe punishments.”

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