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Man Dies After Jumping in Front of F Train in Queens, Sources Say

October 14, 2015 11:21am | Updated October 14, 2015 12:16pm

QUEENS — A man was killed after jumping in front of an oncoming F train in Jamaica Hills Wednesday morning, police sources said.

The man in his 30s, whose identity was not immediately released, leaped in front of the train in the Parsons Boulevard station, near Hillside Avenue, about 10 a.m., FDNY and MTA officials said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

No criminality is suspected, according to police sources. 

Brooklyn-bound F trains were running express Jamaica Avenue-179th Street and Parsons Avenue as of 1:40 p.m., the MTA said.

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