By The newspaper
May 29, 2024, 10:32 AM EDT
A woman died after jumping in front of a Brooklyn-bound F line subway train in Midtown Manhattan this morning, also causing massive delays on the New York City Subway at rush hour.
The unidentified woman, believed to be in her 20s, was at the 34th St.-Herald Square train stop at Sixth Ave. around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday when witnesses saw her jump onto the tracks as a train arrived. F train heading to Coney Island. This central station is located near Macy’s, the famous department store that for years was the largest in the world.
Coney Island-bound F and Metropolitan Ave-bound M trains are delayed.
Emergency teams are responding to someone who was struck by a train at 34 St-Herald Sq.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) May 29, 2024
The woman fell under the wheels of the train and died at the scene, the NYPD confirmed. Her name was not revealed pending family notification, she said. DailyNews.
As the investigation continued, the MTA diverted all Brooklyn-bound F and M trains from the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave. station in Queens. From there all Manhattan-bound F trains were placed on the E line to Queens Plaza, from where they were directed to the G line to Bergen St. in downtown Brooklyn.
Some F trains were allowed to run on the E line to W. 4th St.-Washington Square, the MTA said. M trains have also been moved to the E line from 53rd St. to W. 4th St. Please check the MTA portal, Twitter/X @NYCTSubway account, or MYmta app for updated details and changes.
In a similar case, on Friday morning a body was found on the subway tracks near the East 28th St station in Midtown Manhattan, which led to the partial suspension of service on lines 4, 5 and 6 that run between Brooklyn and The Bronx.
In the middle of this month, a man who was supposedly suffering a seizure fell onto the subway tracks in the Bronx while a train was approaching and what could have been a great tragedy was miraculously avoided by police officers who rushed to rescue him.
But these cases do not always have a happy ending. In fact, collisions of New York Subway trains with people on platforms and rails saw an alarming 25% increase between 2018 and 2022, according to MTA data.
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