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Queens subway death: Teen dies, another seriously injured in train surfing incident
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Queens subway death: Teen dies, another seriously injured in train surfing incident

CORONA, Queens (WABC) — A teenage girl is dead and another is fighting for her life after falling from the ‘7 train’ in Queens.

The girls were at the top of the train when they fell between cars at the 111th Street station in Corona just before 11 last night.

One was pronounced dead, while the other was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.

This marks the sixth subway surfing death this year. Just last week, a The 13-year-old died while navigating the subway at the Forest Avenue subway station, also in Queens.

Five people were killed last year.

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