Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
A man jumped to his death from a Queens subway station early Monday morning, police said.
The 39-year-old man fell approximately 20 feet from the elevated portion of Roosevelt Ave-Jackson Heights subway station at 74th Street and Broadway just after 2 a.m., police said.
He was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where he was pronounced dead.
The subway station serves E-, F-, M-, R- and 7-line trains.
20 feet really isn't that high, only like falling from 2nd story height (depending on the building). Seems like a great way to get badly injured but not actually die.
20 feet really isn't that high, only like falling from 2nd story height (depending on the building). Seems like a great way to get badly injured but not actually die.
It's probably a little higher than 20 feet. At 2 am in the morning,who knows if he was drunk,got pushed, or took his own life? There are cameras on the platforms, I am sure they can see what really happened.
And yes,people have committed suicide off the platform, but they usually wait for the train to come into the station. They wait to do it during normal hours.
20 feet really isn't that high, only like falling from 2nd story height (depending on the building). Seems like a great way to get badly injured but not actually die.
I agree.
Sounds pretty iffy for a suicide.
I wonder if they have completely ruled out ACCIDENT?
It's probably a little higher than 20 feet. At 2 am in the morning,who knows if he was drunk,got pushed, or took his own life? There are cameras on the platforms, I am sure they can see what really happened.
And yes,people have committed suicide off the platform, but they usually wait for the train to come into the station. They wait to do it during normal hours.
It might be a tiny bit higher than 20 feet, but if you go to Google maps for 75th and Roosevelt, you'll see there's a clearance sign for 12 feet 6" for trucks. Where the truck would hit (maybe 12'6" or 13'6") doesn't look that much lower than where the bottom of the platform is. So I think adding 6 or 7 feet to where the clearance is to get to 20 feet for the platform is a good estimation.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.