An adolescent of 15 years old lost an arm after a subway train in Queens ran over him this Monday morning, after he tried to “surf” a subway car, according to police sources.
The sources said that the young man was with three other teenagers and climbed to the top of the train car when it fell near the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station just before 10: 88 am
It is not clear if it fell from the side of the train car or between two cars, but what is known is that he ended up on the tracks, where a northbound R train ran over his arm.
Minutes later, he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood. “I got off the F train and I saw the police putting the tape and the real body on the floor,” a witness by the name of Christian Mojica told ABC7 NY.
“Nope I wanted to see him. It’s not pretty. I saw his face, blood, a collapsed person, and I just left,” he assured the media outlet.
“A crowd was forming, and in the middle of the space where I could see, and the EMT , emergency bodies, and the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) were there,” Mojica said.
The adolescent was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where his arm had to be amputated.
“I was trying to keep the crowd away to allow professional services to arrive”. The incident comes just as the MTA is seeing an alarming rise in off-train passenger incidents.
So far this year, there have been 627 accidents against only 96 in 2021. That’s an increase of 627% with four months to the end of the year.
“It’s very traumatic, and I hope everyone can come back, because it’s not nice,” said Mojica. “I wish the best for anyone associated with him.” Train service on several lines was interrupted while police investigated the incident.
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