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Man Killed By Subway Train at Herald Square

By Gustavo Solis | June 11, 2014 3:06pm
 An MTA New York City transit subway F train. Aug. 13, 2013.
An MTA New York City transit subway F train. Aug. 13, 2013.
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MANHATTAN — A man died after being hit by a subway train in an apparent suicide at the Herald Square station Wednesday, an FDNY spokesman said.

The unidentified victim was struck by a south-bound F train about 1:50 p.m., an MTA spokesman said.

Paramedics declared the victim dead at the scene.

South-bound F trains were temporarily running on the E line from Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights to West Fourth Street. Metropolitan Avenue-bound M trains are running on the E line from Fifth Avenue-53rd Street to West Fourth Street.