A 24-YEAR-OLD man was killed after hitting his head while “surfing,” possibly atop a train rumbling through Brooklyn early Friday, authorities said.
James A. Rubio was found unconscious, lying between two cars, by a passenger on a Queens-bound F train at the Jay St./MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn about 2:30 a.m., police said.
Rubio, who lived in Queens, was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital with head trauma, but could not be saved.
An official for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the doomed man hit his head while riding on the outside of a subway car — possibly on top, officials said.
Rubio hit his head on a low hanging piece of metal as the train entered a tunnel, officials said.
An autopsy has been scheduled, officials said.
The MTA has repeatedly warned commuters about the dangers of surfing along the side or on top of subway cars.