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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Teen hospitalised in subway surfing accident

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A 15-year-old subway surfer is in a critical condition after striking his head while riding on the roof of a subway train in New York, police say.

The NYPD said the teenager was riding on top of a southbound 7 train as it departed the Roosevelt Avenue and 111 St station in Queens just after 6pm on Thursday when his head struck an unknown object.

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