A young person discovered unconscious on high of a New York Metropolis subway practice early Friday morning has died.
New York Metropolis Police had been referred to as to the Queensboro Plaza Subway Station at 2:47 a.m. and found the unresponsive 15-year-old male, a NYPD spokesperson mentioned.
The boy was taken to a close-by hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. The incident stays underneath investigation.
Greater than a dozen New Yorkers, lots of them younger boys, have been killed or badly injured lately whereas making an attempt to “subway surf,” or lie on high of transferring subway automobiles. The follow dates again a century however has been supercharged by social media.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has requested social media corporations to take down movies glamorizing subway browsing, which is unlawful. Additionally, authorities have tried to handle the issue with public consciousness campaigns and by deploying drones to catch thrill-seekers within the act.
