![]() Teen killed, second critical in NYC subway surfing mishap: sources “I know this is hypocritical for me to say, but please just stop surfing,” Rop said. Rop, who said he believes Fraser tripped and fell while on top of the train, also said he had a message for anyone considering subway surfing. “Now this happened and they took a vow to stop for sure,” Rop said. Four teenagers have already died subway surfing so far this year. Many have since recommitted to staying off the tops of moving trains in the wake of Fraser’s death, Rop said. Most of the group swore off subway surfing after Kavon Wooden, 15, died performing the stunt last December, but some continued. ![]() DCPIĪ friend of Fraser’s, a 16-year-old named Rop, told The Post he was in the same urban explorer group as the teen, which has hundreds of members who meet online and perform daring stunts that include subway surfing, breaking into abandoned buildings, and even lying on the subway tracks while a moving train passes over them. ![]() Chris "Goose" Gosling via Storyf Jevon Fraser, 14, of Canarsie, died Thursday and was found lying on the northbound 7 train platform at the Rawson Street station in Queens. There have been a record number of subway surfing deaths this year with the latest coming Thursday. There have been at least 66 reports of people riding the roofs of moving trains as of June 22, according to the NYPD, which began tallying such incidents for the first time this year.įraser, 14, of Canarsie was found lying on the platform at the Rawson Street station in Queens with injuries indicating he fell from an “elevated height,” according to the NYPD. No one died trying to perform the dangerous feat in 2020, according to MTA data. Subway surfing caused two deaths last year: one death each in 2021, 2019, and 2018. The most recent case was 14-year-old Jevon Fraser, who died Thursday after trying to surf the northbound 7 train in Queens. ![]() More people have already died subway surfing this year than in the last three years combined, according to troubling new data obtained by The Post.įour thrill seekers were killed while riding on top of trains so far this year. ‘Barbie’ star Margot Robbie’s zodiac sign revs up one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors Nearly half of fare-beaters caught this year have had active warrants including at least one killer Unhinged man randomly attacks girls, 6 and 9, on NYC subway: cops Sisters, 9 and 6, attacked by crazed man on Q train terrified to ride NYC subway: dad ![]()
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