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A 70-year-old man was killed when he jumped in front of a subway train in Queens on Tuesday, police said.

The man was at the Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard station in Briarwood when he leaped in front of a southbound F train around 1 p.m.


  A 70-year-old man was killed when he jumped in front of a subway train in Queens, police said. Citizen A 70-year-old man was killed when he jumped in front of a subway train in Queens, police said. Citizen

The train conductor cut power, and the FDNY removed him from the tracks. The man was pronounced dead on the scene.

No criminality was suspected.

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Pictures of a subway coming through a station on Parsons Blvd and Hillside Ave.
The man was at the Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard subway station before jumping in front of a southbound F train. Citizen
Pictures of a subway coming through a station on Parsons Blvd and Hillside Ave.
The 70-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene, report says. Citizen
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His identity wasn’t immediately available.

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