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Man Killed by 7 Train in Woodside

Subway riders wait for 7 train

DNAinfo/Tuan Nguyen

WOODSIDE — A man was struck and killed by a 7 train at the 52nd Street-Roosevelt Avenue subway station in an apparent suicide, officials said

The incident took place at 1:31 p.m., when the man jumped in front of a Flushing-bound train, according to police.

The MTA said that 7-train service was temporarily suspended between the Broadway-74th Street Stations and Hunters Point. 

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