Death on L Train Tracks

January 21, 2012, 10:30 am

Death on L Train Tracks

The police and fire departments said that a person was struck and killed by a Brooklyn-bound subway train near the Third Avenue station shortly before 8:21 a.m. this morning. L train service was suspended between Bedford and Eighth Avenues. No further details were available because the investigation is ongoing. Update: The MTA announced at 11:27 a.m. that service had resumed in two sections: between the Eighth Avenue and Bedford Avenue stations, and between the Bedford Avenue and Rockaway Parkway-Canarise stations.

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