Person Killed By Train On UES, Manhattan-Queens Service Stopped

Upper East Side NY

14 February, 2020

11:46 AM

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UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN — A person was fatally hit by a train on the Upper East Side-Midtown border on Friday morning, transit officials said. The person was hit by a train near Lexington Avenue-59th Street station just after 11:30 a.m., according to an MTA tweet. Officials said around noon that the person had died. Transit officials stopped N and W trains between 57th Street-Seventh Avenue station and Queensboro Plaza in Queens while they helped the person, the tweet said There was also extremely limited N and W service between Queensboro Plaza and Ditmars Boulevard, officials said. For alternate service along 59th Street in Manhattan, officials said straphangers should use nearby E/M stations along 53rd Street or the 6 train where it connects Lexington Avenue-59th Street to the E/M at Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and Grand Central. This is a breaking news story, refresh the page for updates. There is no N or W service between 57 St-7 Av and Queensboro Plaza while we get emergency assistance for a person who was struck by a train near Lexington Av-59 St. There is extremely limited N and W service between Queensboro Plaza and Ditmars Blvd. pic.twitter.com/EUKLdhGceG— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) February 14, 2020