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Woman Fatally Struck by L Train at Union Square, Officials Say

By Kathleen Culliton | October 19, 2016 4:42pm | Updated on October 19, 2016 6:26pm

MANHATTAN — A woman was fatally struck by an L train at the 14th Street-Union Square subway station Wednesday afternoon, causing service to be suspended between Manhattan and Brooklyn, officials said. 

A woman in her 20s jumped against the side of a Brooklyn-bound train as it was entering 14th Street, an MTA spokeswoman said.

The woman was struck by the train around 4 p.m., the FDNY said, suspending service between the Eighth Avenue and Bedford Avenue stations for about an hour.

L train service resumed with delays by about 5:18 p.m., according to the MTA website. Service had been suspended for at least an hour prior to that.