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THE BRONX — A straphanger was struck and killed by the D train Thursday afternoon at the 161st-Yankee Stadium subway stop, an FDNY spokesman said.
Emergency medical responders arrived to the scene of the accident about 3:40 p.m and pronounced the unidentified person dead, the spokesman said.
Southbound B and D trains were running express between Tremont Avenue and 145th Street, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
This was the second fatality on the subway system on Thursday.
A woman was struck and killed by a train at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station about 12:30 p.m.