Overview

• A verbal dispute on a Prospect Park–bound Q train around 2:26 a.m. Wednesday escalated into a physical altercation on the station platform.
• The victim, estimated to be in his 30s or 40s, was struck by a departing southbound Q train and pronounced dead at the scene from severe head trauma.
• Police detained a 23-year-old man who remained at the scene as a person of interest and say formal charges will depend on the outcome of their inquiry.
• The NYPD reports no indication that the victim was deliberately pushed into the train and has withheld the identities of those involved.
• Investigators are urging witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers as they continue gathering evidence to reconstruct the incident.