Overview
- Police found two teenagers unconscious on the roadbed of the Brooklyn-bound J and M tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday, and a 14-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene while an 18-year-old was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
- Officers said both teens had injuries consistent with falling from an elevated level and investigators continue to probe the circumstances of the fall.
- NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow called the behavior deadly and urged families, teachers, and peers to stop teens from riding on the outside of trains.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani described the incident as preventable and expressed sympathy for the families as city agencies stress public-safety outreach.
- Reports note the Williamsburg Bridge has been linked to prior subway-surfing deaths, highlighting a recurring safety problem that transit officials say requires community intervention and education.