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Person Killed By Subway Train At 42nd St and 8th Ave, Delays On C And E Line
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 27, 2011
Modified Oct 27, 2011
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Published Oct 27, 2011
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An unidentified person was killed by a subway train at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue around 4:15 p.m. today, according to an FDNY spokesman. Details are still scant, but the MTA posted a service advisory at 4:48 p.m., notifying commuters that "uptown C trains are running express from the Canal Street Station to the 59th St-Columbus Circle Station. Uptown E trains are running express from the Canal Street Station to the 59th St-Columbus Circle Station.Please expect delays in service on the C and E trains at this time."
The MTA did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but we'll update as more information becomes available. On Twitter, there are informal reports that the victim is a woman, and that she fell under the C train, but that is obviously not confirmed.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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