A 15-year-old boy had his arm severed while “subway surfing” Monday morning in Queens, according to police and law-enforcement and MTA sources.
The teen was with a group of pals on a northbound R train at the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station in Jackson Heights around 10:25 a.m. when he was trying to climb to the top of the train and fell, landing on the tracks, cops and sources said.
“We know he was subway surfing on the outside of the car,” a transit worker at the station told The Post. “Usually when you’re subway surfing, you have to get off the train before the tunnel. He must’ve miss that point.”
The boy’s left limb was detached “from the elbow down,” and, “They found his arm under the train,” the worker said.
The 11-year-old boy was walking between subway cars when his arm was severed. J. Messerschmidt
The accident occurred on a northbound R train at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue. J. Messerschmidt
The young boy was taken to the hospital. J. Messerschmidt
Police talk to witnesses on the subway platform. J. MesserschmidtHe seemed overwhelmed by shock, the employee said of the kid.
“He was just looking around like nothing happened. He didn’t cry or nothing,” said the worker, who wouldn’t give her name.
The boy was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is in stable condition, police said.
As of noon, northbound M and R trains were bypassing 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station, the MTA said.
