A 13-year-old subway surfer was injured within the Bronx late Sunday afternoon.
The unidentified teenager was noticed on the 5 line at Baychester Avenue round 4:14 p.m., DCPI mentioned. Police responded to a number of 911 calls to gather the teenager. It’s not clear, precisely how the teenager was injured.
Bystanders noticed the boy strolling alongside the subway tracks. He was taken to an space hospital with minor accidents to the groin, DCPI mentioned.
Subway browsing in New York Metropolis has taken lives almost each month this yr. Teenagers attempt to take the trip on the skin usually as a part of social media developments, which the town is making an attempt to fight.
The MTA has tried to power social media corporations to take away subway browsing content material with a purpose to dissuade folks from making an attempt to copy harmful developments.
It claims that the businesses have been “mostly compliant,” however there was no precise information to mirror that as daredevil surfers proceed to hazard themselves.
A spokesperson from the MTA claimed that the company has its personal database to maintain observe of the web content material they should flag, however couldn’t present any requested information.
Social media corporations have additionally refused to share any information, leaving the MTA’s campaign in a clumsy limbo.
Simply final month, an 18-year-old was critically injured whereas in a botched subway browsing try.
In late October, a 13-year-old was killed whereas making an attempt to trip on prime of a subway as a part of an web stunt whereas her buddy was critically injured.
The identical occurred only one month prior when an 11-year-old slammed his head in opposition to a low-hanging metallic beam whereas subway browsing.
In June, a 13-year-old had additionally been killed whereas trying the identical social media pattern.
