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Two Teen Girls Found Dead on Roof of NYC J Train in Suspected Subway-Surfing Incident

The case underscores a social-media-fueled rise that transit officials are trying to stop.

Dos adolescentes fueron encontradas muertas en la cubierta de un subte de Nueva York: se presume que hacían surfing en trenes. Foto Dakota Santiago / The New York Times
Demetrius Crichlow, presidente de NYC Transit, calificó la muerte de las niñas como “una tragedia” y subrayó que el surf en el metro no es un juego.
Dos niñas mueren mientras practicaban reto viral ‘subway surfing’

Overview

  • Officers discovered the victims on the roof of the last car at Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg shortly after 3 a.m. after the train crossed the Williamsburg Bridge, and they were pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Police said the teens appeared to have been riding outside the train and opened an investigation, with names and ages not yet released.
  • NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow called the deaths a tragedy and urged parents, teachers and peers to warn young people about the risks.
  • An NBC News review tallied 18 subway-surfing deaths in New York in 2023–2024, and the NYPD had reported three such fatalities this year before Saturday’s incident.
  • Authorities have stepped up deterrence with drone patrols, work with Instagram and TikTok to remove videos, and tests of rubber-tube barriers between cars, while a wrongful-death suit against TikTok and Meta remains pending.