Person Fatally Hit By 7 Train At Grand Central, Prompting Delays

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A straphanger was fatally hit by a 7 train at Grand Central on Friday morning, prompting delays between Queens and Manhattan amid rush hour, city agencies announced.

Around 8:35 a.m. a person was fatally hit by a train at Grand Central Station, the NYPD said.

About five minutes later, emergency teams removed the straphanger from under the train, and the MTA partially suspended 7 train service between Queensboro Plaza in Long Island City and 34 St-Hudson Yards, warning travelers to also expect delays. Power to the station, though, was not shut down, the NYPD reported.

An hour after the accident, the MTA said that 7 trains were no longer suspended, but are running with "extensive delays."

Instead, the agency encouraged commuters to take the E, F, M, R, N, or W trains between Queens and Manhattan.

Initially Long Island Rail Road was allowing MetroCard and OMNY users to take trains between Flushing-Main Street, Woodside, and 34 St-Penn station at no additional cost, the MTA said, but at 10:15 a.m. LIRR stopped cross-honoring tickets.