Two men were fatally struck by trains in Brooklyn and Manhattan overnight, police said Tuesday.
An unidentified man was lying on the tracks at the Avenue U and East 16th Street station in Sheepshead Bay around 2:40 a.m. when a southbound 2 train pulled into the station, cops said.
The motorman attempted to put on the brakes but was unable to stop, cops said.
Police at the scene where a man was struck by a train at the 79th Street station of the downtown 1 train on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. William Miller
According to police, the unidentified man flung himself in front of the train as it was pulling into the station. William Miller
Police are seen at Avenue U and East 16th in Brooklyn, where a person was struck and killed by a Q train on December 7, 2021. Robert Mecea
According to the NYPD, both victims were pronounced dead on the scene. Robert Mecea
There are no criminal charges pending for either of the accidents, cops say. Robert MeceaThe victim was pronounced dead on scene.
Hours earlier, a man in his 30s jumped in front of a moving southbound 1 train at West 79th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side, cops said.
He was pronounced dead on scene in what cops believe was a suicide, police said.
No criminality was suspected in either incident, authorities said.
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