NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — One teen was killed and another was critically injured in two different Bronx subway surfing incidents on Friday morning, police said.
A 13-year-old boy was riding a northbound 6 train when he fell at the Middletown Road subway station in Pelham Bay at about 8:55 a.m.. Police said that he died at the scene.
Even earlier Friday, at 1:40 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was injured while subway surfing on a northbound 6 train six stops below where the 13-year-old would later die.
The 15-year-old was critically injured at the Morris Avenue-Soundview station in Soundview, and EMS rushed him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi.
“These incidents are tragic reminders that riding outside of subway cars is extremely dangerous, not a cheap thrill,” NYC Transit Interim President Demetrius Crichlow said.
“We continue to mount an information campaign that includes teens speaking to teens about the risks of riding outside subway cars,” Crichlow continued.
NYC Transit and the MTA began a campaign dubbed “Ride Inside, Stay Alive,” in September that takes a “peer to peer” approach with messaging distributed in schools through videos and posters to warn young people about the dangers of subway surfing.