The New York subway system is a jungle. Not only are people screaming, eating and attending to their intimate bodily needs without a modicum of decency, and subway surfing videos circulating nonstop on social media alert us to the dangerous activities going on on top of the trains, but lately it often happens that several lines are delayed because the New York Police Department intervenes to remove dead bodies from the tracks.
For the second time this week, police officers were called because the F train had struck someone on the tracks.
Early Thursday morning, February 22, around 5 am, a man in his 40s, whose identity is yet to be released, was killed by a northbound F train on the tracks at the West 4th St.-Washington Square Station. By the time the NYPD arrived, he was dead. According to police, he was most likely not involved in any criminal activity.
Previously, on Tuesday afternoon, February 20, around 5 pm, a man in his 30s jumped onto the tracks at the Avenue N station in Midwood, Brooklyn. He was pronounced dead by the NYPD and they did not suspect any criminality in this case either, but he is still unidentified.
Both cases are under investigation because the causes are still unclear. Why did these men jump onto the tracks? Was it accidental? Was it on purpose? Did they commit suicide or is there someone else involved?
Meanwhile, northbound F trains have started running again with several delays, sometimes relocating to the A and G lines, according to MTA.
