NEW YORK — A 45-year-old man was killed Wednesday night as he was riding atop a 6 train in Soundview and his head hit a piece of overhanging subway infrastructure, police said.
The subway surfer, whose name was not immediately released, was riding north on a stretch of elevated track from the Whitlock Avenue station to the Elder Avenue station, near Westchester Avenue, when he struck the solid object about 10:15 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said.
He suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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