Subway rider hit by R train in Bay Ridge
Police are investigating an incident in which a man was struck by a northbound R train in a Bay Ridge subway station Wednesday afternoon.
It’s not clear if the man jumped, fell, or was pushed to the train tracks. The incident took place at the 86th Street station at Fourth Avenue at around 1:16 p.m., police confirmed.
The man was pinned beneath one of the subway cars after being struck.
An EMS crew transported the man to Lutheran Medical Center.