Bodies of two men found on subway tracks in Brooklyn
'21.04.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
The operator on Line 3 called 911 to report the incident in the early hours of Wednesday, April 20. Found dead on subway tracks in Brooklyn, two men were already dead. They may have been hit by another train the night before, police said. NBC New York
An operator spotted two people on a railroad track north of the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station in Brownsville shortly after 6:45 a.m. He notified police and firefighters, who responded immediately, according to MTA sources.
Both people died at the scene, the sources said. According to them, the bodies were found in close proximity to each other. Both were men who were considered homeless.
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Rail service in the area was shut down for several hours while authorities investigated. More than 1000 passengers of the stopped train No. 3 had to be evacuated with the help of a rescue train that arrived on the scene.
It is not clear what these people did on the rails during their lifetime. So far, no details about them have been known.
The investigation continues.
