NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man is dead after he was pushed or fell onto the tracks and was struck by a subway train during a fight with another man at a Queens station Monday afternoon, police said.
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The deadly encounter happened around 4:45 p.m. at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station in Jackson Heights, police said.
An innocuous bump sparked a fight between the 48-year-old victim and a 50-year-old man, whose phone fell onto the tracks.
The 48-year-old was either shoved or fell onto the tracks, where he was struck by a northbound F train, police said.
Emergency responders transported the victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where he died.
He was later identified as Heriberto Quintana, of Queens.
The other man was arrested at the scene. An investigation is ongoing.
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