Man Struck, Killed By R Train In Brooklyn

May 16, 2011 9:00 AM

Subway (credit: CBS 2)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Full service has been restored in Brooklyn following a tragedy Monday morning.

Subway service on the R line was suspended after a man was struck and killed by the train at around 5:50 a.m. It was restored shortly after 7:30 a.m.

The man was killed at 59th Street and Fourth Avenue.

During the disruption, the N train was running on the D line. R service had been suspended in Brooklyn.

So far, no word on the identity of the person killed, or the circumstances of the incident.

Man Struck, Killed By R Train In Brooklyn

REST IN PEACE, MIKE. WE WILL ALL MISS YOU.

to all the inconsiderate people posting disgusting comments. you don’t know anything about the boy. he was a childhood friend of mine and i will always remember him for his good traits and qualities. my thoughts, heart and prayers are with his family and i hope that all of you writing vile comments with inappropriate things will take a step back and a step up and say REST IN PEACE or something along those lines. be human beings for crying out loud.
Arbiter

You all disgust me. Yes, he was writing graffiti. No, he did not deserve to be hit by a train.

What is in the water here to make you people so unbalanced?
MRS. I. UNDERSTAND

@MORON OF THE DAY..THE ONLY ONE IDIOTIC OR MENTALLY DISTURBED IS YOU. UNLESS YOU WERE DOWN ON THE TRACKS WITH THAT YOUNG MAN THEN PERHAPS KEEP YOU COMMENTS TO YOURSELF. I’VE SPENT 10YRS UNDERGROUND WORKING, CLEARING UP FOR TRAINS TO PREVENT SUCH A TRAGEDY. I’M QUITE SURE BASED ON YOUR VOCABULARY THAT YOU’VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME DOING DUMB, BASELESS THINGS IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN ONLY SAD THING IS THAT YOUR PARENTS STILL HAVE THE HORRIFICS OF LOOKING IN YOUR FACE. I’M SURE I’M OLD ENOUGH TO BE YOUR YOUR MOTHER…”THANK GOD I’M NOT’..SO TAKE THIS ADIVICE AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET…IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL…IF YOU CAN TRY..
HAVE A GOOD DAY IDIOT OF THE DAY, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. YOU WON’T BE HERE FOREVER..
angela derubbio

I believe I am somehow related to Michael, can someone who is related or a friend of the family, please contact me? Thank you so much.

robin

Angela, I am a cousin of his mom’s w-mail me at etccamper@optonline.net any other losers who think the can bomb me with e-mail don’t bother the account will be shout down by end of week.

MJ

I can’t believe some of the vile, disgusting comments on this page. The bottom line is a young life was lost, taken tragically in a split second. I’m real sorry if some of you IDIOTS were late for work. Think one for one second how his family must feel .
Mike, Friend

all i can say to all of your lowlife wastes of life is that the way your talking about him is disgusting. complaining that he made you late to work. oh really? thats too bad. im sure if it was some church going bible reader youd be like HE SHOULDN HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE ANYWAY HE MADE ME LATE AHHHH. so before you go calling him a criminal why dont you think about how his mother has to deal with losing a 19 year old son. so to anyone that laughs about this or says good riddance, i hope something truly tragic happens to you and your family. so that i can come on here and laugh and say GOOD RIDDANCE!!
Mike

i hope you get hit by a car and then a bus going to school you waste of life HAHAHA
Mike

really? a grown up? good thing you know so much about him. being a 19 year old kid. i didnt know he was supposed to have a family to take care of at 19. so why dont you keep your lowlife comments to yourself. i hope someone in your family gets killed so i can laugh and say GOOD RIDDANCE!
JoAnn

He was a fantastic young boy when i meet him. I lived on the same block three houses up from him for 16 years. His father was a wonderful man, along side his incrediable MOM. My heart goes out to his Family. I will keep you in my prayers. I’m so so sorry!
KPMc

Let’s blame the mayor for not making dark subway tunnels more friendly to graffiti artists vandalizing city property in the middle of the night.
FAMILY MEMBER

OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE MOTORMAN AS WELL. IT WAS NOT ON PURPOSE. HIS FATHER WORKED TO THE TA BEFORE HE DIED AS WELL.
ROBIN

THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU LOST YOU FATHER DURING YOUR TEEN YEARS COULD YOU SAY THE SAMETHING? NO HE WOULD NOT HAVE WOUND UP EVENTUALLY AT RIIKERS. EVEN IF HE DID IT WOULD HAVE BE BETTER THAN DEAD.
chris

@get a job and other foul commentators!!^^^^^^^^^
Gone But NEVER Forgotten

@Loser & @get a job… before you go passing judgements why don’t you take a step back and try to understand the situation. How dare you JUDGE ANYONE without knowing them. It is people like you who make the world a cruel and bitter place. This young man, who has gone through a hell of a lot he last few years has just begun putting his life back together piece by piece. No one is perfect and I’m more than sure both of you have done things you’re not proud of. People make mistakes, this was an unfortunate one. I don’t wish bad on people but I HOPE TO GOD THAT ONE DAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY AND YOU GET THE COLD IDIOTIC CHILDISH REMARKS THAT YOU GIVE ABOUT OUR FAMILY MEMBER and see how you feel. If you really feel this way, then why don’t you step out behind your keyboard and say it to our faces….

Mike

people like you dont deserve life. you have no idea who he was and your gonna call him a criminal pig? your a disgusting sad excuse or a person and a waste of life

BOBBY YOUNG

GOOD RIDDANCE / GET A JOB YOU TWO A**HOLES HE HAPPENS TO BE MY COUSIN AND HE WAS A GOOD KID AND COMES FROM A GOOD FAMILY !! ITS A TRAGIC LOSS TO OUR FAMILY MICHAEL REST IN PEACE YOU ARE LOVED BY EVERYONE AND WILL BE TRUELY MISSED…. LOVE YOUR BIG COUSIN BOBBY

ROBIN

TO ALL OF YOU WHO POSTED COMMENTS THAT HE WAS A LOSER & WAS A CRIMMINAL, TAKE A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR. MICHAEL WAS A KID THAT LOST HIS FATHER TO EARLY,HE ALSO LOST HIS UNCLE NOT LONG BEFORE THAT, HE LOST HIS WAY FOR AWHILE. HE WAS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. YES HE DID SOMETHING STUPID. IT WAS NOT TO MESS UP YOUR DAY.

YES WE FEEL FOR THE CONDUCTOR, HIS FATHER WAS ONE AS WELL.

MICHAEL CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY THAT WAS DOING THEIR BEST TO GET HIM THE HELP & SUPPORT HE NEEDED TO GET BACK TOGETHER.

CAN YOU SAY THE SAME AGOUT YOUR FAMILY?

MICHAEL REST IN PEACE WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOUR MOM, BRTOTHER & GRANDMOTHERS. YOU ARE TRUELY MISSED & LOVED….YOR COUSIN ROBIN,
Josephine

Sorry for your loss and my prayers go out to you and your family. Remember the good about your cousin. Try your best to ignore the comments from the ignorant, insensitive people who find it necessary to post their unwanted/unnecessary comments.

AM1024

DOUBLE R: YOU TALK ABOUT PROVIDING FOR A FAMILY AND WORKING HARD BUT WHAT IF IT WERE YOUR CHILD OR YOUR WIFE THAT GOT HIT BY A TRAIN AND DIED. I HIGHLY DOUBT YOU WOULD BE SAYING YOU FEEL BAD YET IN THE NEXT BREATH COMPLAINING THAT YOU WERE LATE FOR WORK.

RIP M. HE WAS A NICE KID.
Boss

This man who was killed was a amazing person. I only met him a few months ago, but he is such a great man. He was 19 years old, & this should hae never happened to him. I wish I was able to see him & for everything to be okay. God only takes the good people first. Till we meet again sweet angel :-*
ham07

purple lady, i hope you get hit by a car walking to school
Thomas

I find your comment to be completely despicable. I am very close friends with the young man’s family who passed away this morning. He was an amazing person who made a poor choice. A family is grieving with a huge and tragic loss. How dare you post something so deplorable. Shame on you.

A PARENT

HE WAS A DEAR FREIND TO MY SON AND I AM TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE BOYS MOTHER….HAS ANY ARRANGEMENTS BEEN MADE..WITH OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE…RIP…NEVER FORGOTTEN
family member

No arraingemnts have been made yet. Check with local church in a day or so. I am a family member, to all you who were late for work, to bad. It wa a tragic loss. He was more than what the news reports. He was LOVED by a mother, grandmothers, a brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Thank you to the people who have offered their compassion. He is missed & in our hearts.
TC

I am sure everyone on here has a loved one or family… and you talk like this? God will judge each and everyone….dont think you can pass GO…. wont be easy….
This is so sad, before judging anyone….you dont know what GOD has in store for you.
chris

so the next person in ur family to die is a grown up loser who should be raped by the devil with oversized pineapples repeatedly for eternity….. the person had friends and family so think before you speak, and work overtime for the 8$s you lost.. FURSELF!

a freind

where did you get that info
Double-R

Still think I’m insensitive? How about that train operator? I see no one’s discussing how scared out of his friggin mind after hitting a guy. All of you, put yourselves in the T/OIs shoes. This is your livelihood now. This is how you make your money to raise your family. You just hit a guy with your train and now you’re being scrutinized. Throwing the e-brake wasn’t enough. But yet, I’m the most inseneisitve person here.

Aceof Spades

Well If he is anything like the rest of the people posting on this news clip then he probably doesn’t care either.
RM

YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT WORKING HARD & SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILY BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME & ENERGY TO POST REPEATLY ABOUT A YOUNG MAN YOU DID NOT KNOW.
WHY NOT TAKE THE ENERGY & PUT IT TO BETTER USE. MAYBE YOU COULD VOLUNTEER WITH YOUTH AT RISK OR SOMETHING.

not perfect

fk! i wish this would have happened during rush hour! why did it have to be at 5:30 and not 7 or 8?

Double-R

Allow me to take a complete shot in the dark here and say, maybe he wasn’t trying to schedule this to coincide with the peak of the AM rush.

Considerate

Actually Joe, I was born and raised in NYC, so consider me a transplant.
Barbara

the person that was killed was a 19 year old young man who has a widowed mother,grandmother and brother who are all desperate with grief…thank you all for your compassion. He was a great kid and it is a loss to all.

Double-R

If in some chance or another you know them all personally, send my sympathies their way. I know what it’s like to lose a loved one. Heck, I’ve lost a few already. God bless each and every one of them. May he rest in peace.
Double-R

My prayers are with everyone affected, Barbara.
j

Barbara, Thank you for your comment. This a tragic loss to my family
RON

Barbara did u know M ?

Considerate

It is good to know there are a few compassionate souls in New York. Glad we don’t see these selfish fools here in the south.

joe

Oh, that’s right. People in the South are the beacon on compassion when it comes to the welfare of others. Yes, you guys have a long history of that, don’t you.