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Person Fatally Jumps in Front of E Train at Sutphin Blvd. Station, MTA Says

By Aidan Gardiner | May 3, 2017 2:10pm | Updated on May 3, 2017 2:47pm

QUEENS — A person fatally jumped in front of a Queens-bound E train in the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue station Wednesday, officials said.

The individual, whose identity wasn't immediately released, was struck in the station about 1 p.m., according to FDNY and MTA officials.

The person was pronounced dead at the scene, an FDNY spokesman said.

Trains along the E, F and J lines were briefly disrupted after the incident, officials said.

They resumed by 2:35 p.m. with some residual delays, officials said.