Crime & Safety

Man Killed By Downtown Brooklyn Train: Report

A man was stuck and killed by a train inside a subway tunnel near the Jay Street-Metro Tech station, according to media reports.

The Daily News says the man was found just before midnight Monday.
The Daily News says the man was found just before midnight Monday. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BROOKLYN, NY — A man was found dead inside a downtown Brooklyn subway tunnel Monday night, according to reporting from the NY Daily News.

At about 11:55 p.m., a worker found a deceased man inside a Manhattan-bound F train subway tunnel near Jay Street-Metro Tech, according to the Daily News.

Police told the Daily News that the man appeared to have been stuck by a train earlier in the day and appeared to be in his 30's, without identification and homeless.

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