NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – An 11-year-old boy was subway surfing when he was killed at a Park Slope station on Monday morning, police said.
The deadly incident happened around 11 a.m. at the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station, according to police.
Citizen App video from the scene shows police investigating on the tracks near a bridge with low-hanging beams.
The tracks run above ground in the immediate area onto a bridge that spans the Gowanus Canal.
The MTA said F and G trains were impacted by the investigation, with service disruptions lasting into the afternoon.
Interim NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement: "This is another avoidable heart-wrenching reminder that riding outside trains is not a game and the subway is not a social media studio. It should not take more tragic termination of young lives for parents and classmates of those who would climb on top of subway cars to help them comprehend the devastating risk."
"We continue to work with social media companies to flag and remove posts depicting subway surfing. Over 10,650 posts have been removed," Crichlow said.