A man jumped onto the subway tracks and was hit by a 1 train Tuesday night around 9 p.m., police told us. The police did not have his age. Service on the 1, 2 and 3 lines was suspended but resumed shortly before 10 p.m.
Another man was killed by a 1 train at 50th street on Monday.
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Seems that this is perhaps the third accident at 72nd Street since the start of the summer. What are the odds?
Overcrowding in the subways has spawned this new problem – loss of a small percentage of the ridership. Move along, nothing to see here….