MTA Worker Killed In Herald Square Train Strike: Police

MIDTOWN, NY — An MTA worker was killed after he was struck by a subway train as he worked on the tracks early Wednesday morning, according to police officials.

At about 12:20 a.m., a 57-year-old man was working on subway tracks near the Herald Square subway station when he was hit by an uptown D train, officials said.

First responders rushed the critically wounded MTA worker to Bellevue Hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to a NYPD spokesperson.

Just hours later, another person was hit by a train on West 50th Street Wednesday morning and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in an unknown condition, FDNY officials said.