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Woman Killed By Train On 7th Ave 14th Street Station

NEW YORK (AP) - A woman has been struck and killed by a subway train in Manhattan.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the victim was pronounced dead at 9:16 a.m. Tuesday. Her identity was not immediately known.

She was struck by an uptown No. 2 train entering the 14th Street station at Seventh Avenue.

It wasn't clear how she got on the tracks.

Trains bypassed the station until 10:42 a.m. while authorities investigated.

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