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A young man of years died while “surfing” on a wagon of the New York subway on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

According to authorities, the teenager was riding on top of a J train that crossed the Williamsburg Bridge around : 40 am yesterday when it fell. The victim died when he struck the third rail of the Subway near the Essex and Delancey Street station, reported Pix15.

Some 700 passengers were evacuated and service was suspended for several hours in the direction of Brooklyn and Manhattan, while lifeguards went to the scene, detailed Gothamist. Then the J lines and M were reactivated with delays. The victim’s name had not yet been released, until last night.

By Scribe