In 10 hours, a train in the New York subway was hit by three people: one died

Three people were hit by subway trains in just 10 hours in New York from February 15 to 16, reports New York Post. One case was fatal, police and public transport officials said.

According to New York Transportation Authority (MTA), around 22:54 p.m., the deceased was hit by southbound train 6 at Spring Street station in Soho. The injured man was pulled out alive and taken to Bellevue Hospital, but he later died. It is unclear what he was doing on the road, police said.

MTA and NYPD officials said the fatal collision occurred less than two hours after the victim Man jumped in front of an M train en route to Manhattan as it was approaching the Marcy Avenue station in Brooklyn.

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According to the MTA, service on the J and M lines was suspended for more than two hours as a result of the incident at 21:28. Service resumed only at 23:31.

According to public transport officials, as a result of an earlier accident on Spring Street, 6 trains were stopped for just over an hour.

The third man, police said, was "apparently homeless." He was hit by a westbound train at Bryant Park Station at 7:03 am on 16 February. Fortunately, the man survived.

An MTA spokesman said regular train service resumed by 7:50 am.

MTA officials have recently faced an increase in subway violators. For this reason, MTA chairman Janno Libera formed a track safety task force.

The MTA is facing pressure from some elected officials to install platform guards at some stations. Lieber said the concept is costly, but worth considering.