Subway rider slips, falls to his death walking between train cars in NYC: cops

A man slipped and fell to his death as he walked between train cars in Manhattan early Monday, cops said. 

The unidentified straphanger was spotted by witnesses strolling from car to car on an F train near East Broadway on the Lower East Side around 12:45 a.m. when he fell to the tracks under the train, police said. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

MTA personnel are seen at the E. Broadway subway station in Manhattan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. A man fell between subway cars and was killed.
The man was walking between cars on an F train approaching East Broadway when he stumbled onto the tracks, cops said. Robert Mecea

Police are seen at the E. Broadway subway station in Manhattan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.  A man fell between subway cars and was killed.
The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene. Robert Mecea

No criminality is suspected. 

The early-morning incident caused delays for A and F trains in both directions. 

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