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NYPD: Brooklyn teen's death marks 4th fatal subway strike within 24 hours
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Brittany Kriegstein
Published Mar 27, 2024
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The death of a 16-year-old girl Tuesday evening marked the fourth fatal subway strike within a 24-hour period, though only one was the result of an attack, police said.
The girl, who was not immediately identified, was hit by a southbound G train near the 4th Avenue–9th Street subway station in Park Slope at around 5 p.m. The train’s operator saw her walking on the tracks and on the catwalk inside the tunnel before she was struck, police said.
NYPD officials said it was unclear what she was doing there or who she was with, but did not suspect any foul play.
The incident came just hours after another person was struck in Brooklyn, at the Beverly Road Q line Station on the border of Prospect Park South and Flatbush.
Police said the individual was found dead on the tracks after being struck and killed by a southbound Q train around 2 p.m. The person’s age and gender were not immediately known.
A third person was struck and killed Tuesday morning at the West 42nd Street and 5th Avenue Station in Manhattan, police said. NYPD officials said the victim was a man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
An MTA spokesperson said both of those incidents appeared to be suicides.
Tuesday’s incidents came on the heels of a fatal subway shoving Monday evening at the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station in East Harlem. Police arrested 24-year-old Carlton McPherson in the unprovoked attack, alleging he pushed a commuter to his death in front of an oncoming 4 train.
MTA spokesperson Tim Minton said the number of deaths is not considered a record, though he could not say what the 24-hour fatality record was and advised Gothamist to file a public records request.
A rash of high-profile homicides in the subway system since the start of the year has fueled widespread anxiety about commuter safety.
While law enforcement officials and MTA leadership continue to maintain that the system is overwhelmingly safe, hundreds of additional officers and National Guard troops have been deployed to crack down on a range of issues, including fare evasion.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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