Crime & Safety

Person Hit, Killed By F Train At Jay Street-Metro Tech

The person jumped around 2:30 p.m.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, NY — A person jumped in front of an F train at Jay Street-Metro Tech on Friday afternoon and was killed, officials said.

Around 2:30 p.m. Friday the person was hit by a Manhattan-bound F train, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch. The person was pronounced dead on the scene, police and the FDNY said.

The NYPD spokeswoman told Patch it was "probably a suicide."

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F train service was briefly disrupted afterward but had been restored back to normal, with delays, by 3:30 p.m.

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