Boy, 15, dies in Queens subway surfing attempt
A 15 -year -old boy died early Friday as he was trying to climb a metro train at a Queens station, police announced.
Cops called at Queensboro Plaza station found the unconscious teenager on the railroad tracks n ° 7 around 2:45 a.m., police announced.
EMS precipitated the teenager at Bellevue Hospital, where he died of his injuries. His name was not immediately disclosed.
Later, the cops determined that the adolescent rose the top of a train n ° 7 entering the station, trying to get on the top of the train when he fell.
Last month, in the Bronx, a 14 -year -old metro surfer was seriously injured when he fell from a train, said cops.
The boy climbed above a n ° 5 train in n ° 5 north with two other teenagers when he fell and landed on the track bed near the Baychester Ave. Stop around 3:15 p.m. on June 16, said cops.
Doctors precipitated the teenager at the Jacobi Medical Center, where he was listed in critical but stable condition. Cops arrested a 17 -year -old metro surfer at the station, the charge for recklessness and intrusion.
Six people, most adolescents, died on a metro in the city of last year, said cops. The youngest was only 11 years old.
So far this year, three people have died in surfing incidents. The cops also arrested 79 people for metro surfing, nine less than at the time last year.
In recent months, the cops and the MTA have adopted a multiple approach to discourage thrill seekers. In June, the MTA accelerated its campaign “Ride Inside and Stay Alive” with the BMX athlete born in Queens, Nigel Sylvester.
NYPD has also started to pilot metro drones above the floor to keep an eye on metro surfers.
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