Boy, 16, with a 'history of depression' commits suicide by leaping onto subway track before oncoming train during morning commute in New York
- At around 8am on Tuesday, the teen leaped onto the track of an A train in the 42nd Street subway station in Manhattan
- The boy was hit by a southbound train underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan
- Train service was disrupted across a number of lines, transit officials said
- The identity of the boy has not yet been released but police sources reportedly said he had a history of depression
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16-year-old boy died early Tuesday morning after police said he jumped
in front of an oncoming A train at the 42nd Street subway station under
the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.
The boy, whose name wasn't released to the press, was hit by the southbound train at around 8am.
The
teen had a 'history of depression' and cop sources said he had been
hospitalized in September for suicidal thoughts, according to the New York Daily News.
The
incident resulted in a number of disruptions across subway lines,
including the A, B, C, D, E, F, and M trains, transit officials said.
Service was resumed at around 9.30am.
Forensic investigators wheel the
body of a 16-year-old boy out of the 42nd Street subway station in New
York early Tuesday morning
The boy
leaped to his death in front of an oncoming train as it was pulling into
the station underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan
The identity of the boy (whose
body is seen here as it is stored in a vehicle belonging to forensic
investigators) has yet to be released by authorities
'He
had books [and a backpack] with him,' Inspector Thomas Ponella, who was
heading the investigation taking place at the station, told the New York Post.
'It's very sad,' he said. 'There were several witnesses, they were pretty shaken up.'
The boy jumped from a platform loaded with commuters headed to work during Tuesday's morning rush.
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