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WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Two teen girls were recovered dormant astatine a Brooklyn subway presumption aboriginal Saturday greeting aft subway surfing, sources told Nexstar's PIX11 News.
The 2 girls were pronounced dormant astatine the country aft authorities recovered them unconscious and unresponsive astatine the Marcy Ave/Broadway subway presumption successful Williamsburg astir 3:10 a.m., sources said.
The girls were unidentified but appeared to beryllium betwixt 13 to 15-years-old, according to sources.
Year to date, astatine slightest 3 radical person died subway surfing. The NYPD has besides apprehended 114 subway surfers since the opening of the year, section statistic show.
NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow issued the pursuing connection successful regards to the incident:
It’s heartbreaking that 2 young girls are gone due to the fact that they someway thought riding extracurricular a subway bid was an acceptable game. Parents, teachers, and friends request to beryllium wide with loved ones: getting connected apical of a subway car isn’t “surfing”—it’s suicide. I’m reasoning of some the grieving families, and transit workers who discovered these children, each of whom person been horribly shaken by this tragedy.
