A 14-year-old boy was killed subway surfing in Brooklyn on Friday, and the devastating aftermath was captured in heart-rending Post images, including one of a single sneaker lying beneath the elevated tracks.
Witnesses told police that the teen had climbed atop a southbound F train as it approached the Avenue N stop, which sits along the border between the Borough Park and Midwood neighborhoods, and fell onto the tracks around 2:20 p.m.
He was then struck by an oncoming train, which tried to stop in time but could not, sources said.
The tragic toll of the dangerous stunt-gone-wrong was plainly visible in the moments after the accident.
A heartbreaking Post photo showed a sneaker, which the victim had been apparently wearing at the time, laying beneath the elevated tracks on MacDonald Avenue surrounded by crime scene tape.
Another tragic snapshot captured the double-yellow line down the center of the road splattered with the teen’s blood.
The incident is only the latest in a string of deaths over the past two years linked to the dangerous stunt, which officials say has become increasingly common as teens seek to emulate the daredevil behavior that is widely shared on social media services such as TikTok and Instagram.
MTA statistics show there were 450 reports of people riding outside of trains, including on top of them, during the first six months of 2023, a figure up sharply from 262 reported over the same time period in 2019.
At least five people were killed while riding atop city trains in 2023.
In September, the MTA and Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a public service advertising campaign — which included advertisements and announcements made by New York City public school students — in a bid to turn the tide on the viral daredevil stunt.