Man Killed By Subway On Upper West Side, Police Say

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was hit and killed by a subway on Monday morning on the Upper West Side, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, the 30-year-old man was on the tracks on the B and C line at the station at West 96th Street and Central Park West when an oncoming train hit him around 7:05 a.m. Monday.

Police said the train operator saw the man on the tracks but was not able to stop the train in time. Police said the man was pronounced dead on the scene around 7:30 a.m.

Police said it is not yet known why he was on the train tracks, but that no criminality is suspected. The name of the victim has not been made public, police said.

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