Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Fatality at Borough Hall Subway Station

Straphanger killed during rush hour incident on No. 4/5 line.

Update, 7:38 p.m.: Two MTA employees at Borough Hall station said the victim was a man in his 40s who slipped in between subway cars while riding on the train. The workers' account could not be immediately confirmed by police.

Service on the No. 4/5 line has resumed to and from Borough Hall station.

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An officer at the scene of a rush hour incident at Borough Hall subway station confirmed one fatality on the southbound No. 4/5 train platform on Thursday evening.

Service to and from the station is suspended between Bowling Green and Utica Av./Flushing Av. while police continue their investigation.

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Heavy delays were reported on the No. 2 and 3 lines, which also serve the station.


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