A young woman was struck and killed by a subway train in Queens on Tuesday morning after she suffered a medical episode and collapsed onto the tracks in a "tragic accident" during the morning rush, police and transit officials said.
The 18-year-old woman was on the southbound E platform at the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station in Jackson Heights just before 6:40 a.m. when she experienced the medical episode, fell onto the tracks and was struck by an oncoming train.
Surveillance video shows the train operator hitting the emergency brake, but the train didn't stop in time, sources told 1010 WINS.
Responding NYPD officers found her on the tracks with trauma to her body, police said.
EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. She has not been identified.
Police initially said she was 10 years old, but officials later clarified that she was 18 years old.
No criminality is suspected as the investigation continues, according to police.
At a news conference Tuesday, New York City Transit President Richard Davey said the MTA had shared video with the NYPD and that it appeared to be a "tragic accident."
"We lost a young New Yorker this morning in Queens, a young woman, 18 years old, who by all accounts investigators tell us had some kind of a medical episode and fell on the tracks and was struck and killed by a train," Davey said. "By all accounts, this was just a tragic accident that sadly occurred today. No criminality at all is suspected."
"You know, any time we lose a young New Yorker, 18 years old, it's a moment that I think we all take to cherish our families and our own lives and what we are able to contribute," Davey continued. "But we are just heartbroken that that young woman lost her life today."
An ongoing investigation led to major service disruptions on the E, F and R lines throughout the morning. Delays continued into the afternoon.