NYC subway fare dodger, 28, smashes his head and dies while trying to jump barriers at Queens station
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- A 28-year-old man died Saturday morning after jumping over a New York City subway turnstile at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue in Queens
- He tripped and cracking his head on the concrete floor, cops said. EMS personnel pronounced the unidentified man dead at the scene
- The freak accident comes in the first days of 2022 after a year of violence in the Big Apple. However, nothing seems to be changing in the new year
- The NYPD shared surveillance video on Monday of a robbery in Mott Haven. A callous thief dragged an elderly woman by the cane and stole her purse
- The attack came on the same day as four violent incidents were reported in various locations throughout the crime-ridden subway system
- On New Year’s Day, a woman in her 40s became the first homicide of 2022. The woman, who has not been identified, had been stabbed multiple times
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A suspected fare evader died Saturday morning after jumping over a New York City subway turnstile in Queens, tripping and cracking his head on the concrete floor, cops said.
The 28-year-old man, who has yet to be identified, was attempting to hitch a subway ride without paying the $2.75 fare when he jumped over the turnstiles at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue train station.
Surveillance video of the incident was released and at first, the man falls into the turnstiles, sending his phone skidding across the floor.
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