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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Cedar Attanasio

Kids in New York keep dying while 'subway surfing' on top of trains. Can they be stopped?

Subway Surfing Deaths - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator.

Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed to the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell onto the tracks as it headed onto the Williamsburg Bridge.

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