3 Men Fatally Struck By NY Subway Trains In Separate Accidents On Same Day

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The first man jumped in front of a C train as it rolled into the station
Another man was accidentally hit by a train a few hours later after being spotted lying on the subway tracks
The third man was fatally struck by a train after trying to retrieve his belongings that fell on the tracks

Three men were fatally struck by Manhattan subway trains in separate incidents in New York City that occurred hours apart this weekend, police said on Sunday.

The first death involved a man at the Upper West Side's 96th Street station, the New York Post reported, citing an unnamed police source with knowledge of the incident.

The man jumped in front of a C train as it rolled into the station around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, witnesses told police.

Several hours later, at around 2 a.m., the Q train operator saw a man lying on West 28th Street and Broadway subway tracks. The train operator immediately pulled the emergency brake but could not stop the subway cars, resulting in the 22-year-old man being hit by a train, police said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A third man died in a Times Square station around 8:30 a.m. Sunday. According to police, the man dropped something on the tracks and went down to grab it. However, he was fatally struck by an E train at the 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue station.

None of the three men were immediately identified.

Officials said that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) temporarily suspended service at all three stations as police investigated.

In October, a 20-year-old man was also killed after his clothes were accidentally caught in a New York City subway car, The Guardian reported. Police said the man was dragged to the tracks in front of an oncoming train.

In the same month, another man died after being struck by a train in Midtown. Police sources told AM New York Metro that a Bronx-bound D train operator saw a man in the trackbed at the 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center subway station at 5:46 a.m. on Oct. 31. The incident brought extensive delays along the B, D, F and M lines.

MTA President Richard Davey previously spoke about transit crime and subway incidents, which have seen at least 12 people have been shoved in front of a subway train so far this year.

"My god, please, de-escalate situations," he said, according to the Daily Mail.

"In some of these senseless crimes that are occurring, even the presence of police hasn't been able to stem that," he added.