Two people are laid up in the hospital after being struck by J trains in separate incidents within an hour of one another Sunday morning.
Around 4:30 a.m., a 33-year-old man was walking between train cars aboard a Brooklyn-bound J train on the Williamsburg Bridge when he apparently fell to the trackbed, police say. The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan in stable condition and does not have any life-threatening injuries.
Less than an hour later, at 5:22 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call about another person struck by a J train, this time at the Van Siclen Avenue stop in East New York. Police say the 32-year-old woman may have been lying on the trackbed when a Manhattan-bound J train pulled into the station, striking her and leaving her with injuries to her thigh and hand. She was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, and also did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
Riding between train cars and walking on subway tracks are both dangerous violations of the MTA’s code of conduct and are subject to fines, at $75 for riding between cars and $100 for unauthorized entry onto the tracks.
The two incidents led to considerable morning delays on the J line, and for about two hours service was suspended between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Service was already suspended on the line between Crescent Street in East New York and Jamaica Center as part of planned work to improve stations along the route. Riders were encouraged to use the A or L trains as well as local buses.
Earlier this month, two people were stabbed in separate incidents less than a week apart aboard J trains in Brooklyn. One of them, Devictor Ouedraogo, died from his injuries. The man who stabbed Ouedraogo, Jordan Williams, has been charged with manslaughter but claims he acted in self-defense.
