Horror at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue subway station as man pushed onto tracks & fatally hit by train in New York

A MAN has died after he was brutally shoved onto the New York City subway tracks in front of a train, police said.

New York cops say the 48-year-old man was thrown to his death after getting into a fight with another man at a Queens station on Monday.

A man has died after he was reportedly pushed in front of a train in New York City, police said

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A man has died after he was reportedly pushed in front of a train in New York City, police saidCredit: Citizen
Cops say he got in a fight with another man before he was shoved onto the tracks

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Cops say he got in a fight with another man before he was shoved onto the tracksCredit: Citizen

The incident happened at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station at 74th Street and Broadway.

After he was reportedly thrown onto the tracks, police said the man was struck by a Jamaica-bound F train, ABC 7 reported.

He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Cops told The U.S. Sun that a suspect is in custody, and they are continuing to investigate the incident.

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This comes as cops are searching for a man who was seen pushing a subway rider onto the tracks in the Bronx on Saturday.

A horrifying video shows the unidentified man staring at the victim before running over and shoving him as a train approached, ABC 7 reported.

Luckily the victim, German Sabio, wasn't hit and only suffered minor injuries from the incident.

Bystanders helped Sabio back onto the platform as the suspect, who remains at large, ran off.

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"He didn't say nothing to me, I didn't know him, I think he didn't know me, because I never saw him in my life," Sabio said.

"And then he attacked me and pushed me to the train tracks.

"I went to see if the train was coming, but I never think this guy was coming up behind me."

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Crime inside stations continues to be an issue as the New York Post reported that eight people had been murdered in the New York subway system before Monday's incident.

Further details about the victim who died were not immediately available.

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