"A pair of teenage girls died early Saturday as they rode atop a J train rumbling into a Brooklyn station in the latest subway surfing death to grip the city, police said. The two girls, believed to be between 13 and 15 years old, were found sprawled out on top of the last car of a J train as it entered the Marcy Ave. subway stop at Broadway in Williamsburg at around 3:10 a.m. Both teens died on the Queens-bound train, cops said."
"In June, a 14-year-old Bronx subway surfer was critically injured when he fell from a northbound No. 5 train with two other teens near the Baychester Ave. stop. Over the past several months, cops and the MTA have taken a multi-prong approach to discourage thrill seekers. In June, the MTA ramped up their "Ride Inside and Stay Alive" campaign featuring Queens-born BMX athlete Nigel Sylvester. The NYPD also began flying drones along above-ground subway lines to keep an eye out for subway surfers."
A pair of teenage girls, believed to be 13 to 15 years old, died after riding on top of the last car of a Queens-bound J train as it entered the Marcy Ave. station in Williamsburg at about 3:10 a.m. Both were found sprawled on top of the train and were pronounced dead. Detectives are investigating the incident as a subway surfing fatality. Train service on the J line was partially suspended between Myrtle Ave. and Delancey St.-Essex St. and resumed around 7 a.m. At least three people have died while subway surfing since July 4. The MTA and NYPD have increased safety campaigns and drone patrols; about 200 subway surfers have been apprehended.
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