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Man Found Dead After Getting Hit by A Train, NYPD Says

By Aidan Gardiner | September 29, 2016 8:27am

QUEENS — A man was found dead after being hit by an A train in the Rockaways on Wednesday night, police said.

The man, whose identity wasn't immediately released, was on the tracks when a northbound A train struck him near Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street, about 11 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said Thursday morning.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Investigators said they don't suspect his death involved any criminality.