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Subway Surfer Seriously Injured After Riding On F Train In Brooklyn
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Nov 5, 2013
Modified Nov 5, 2013
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A man was seriously injured early this morning when he attempted to subway surf atop an F train in Gowanus.
Officials say the injured man, whose age and identity have yet to be released, was riding on top of the car at around 2:20 a.m. this morning. As the train pulled into the Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street stop, the man hit his head on a metal beam. According to the FDNY, he was transported to Lutheran Hospital with a serious head injury.
This is the second subway surfing incident in less than a week. Last Wednesday, a homeless man died after riding atop a 6 train in Manhattan; he also struck his head on a metal beam. The man had reportedly been smoking synthetic marijuana before he was killed.
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