Man fatally struck by D train in Brooklyn

It was a grisly way to go.

by Keldy Ortiz, Thomas Tracy

kortiz@nydailynews.com

"A man who ended up on the trackbed of an elevated Brooklyn subway station fell between the slats up to his chest — and was then struck by an oncoming D train early Saturday, officials said.

"The unidentified man, in his 20s, was found dead at the 79th St. station near New Utrecht Ave. in Bensonhurst — his lower body seen dangling beneath the elevated subway line — about 4:50 a.m., officials said."

Ho hum.

My prediction: This horrific death will be classified as an "accident."

That will happen because the NYPD is more concerned about keeping the MTA lawyers happy and subway crime "statistics" low than they are in arresting murderers.

Another prediction: The New York media will publish nothing more on this death. After all, "accidents" late at night on the subway are regular "ho hum" events.

And yet another prediction: the media will continue to ignore the absence of surveillance cameras on platforms, the place where "accidents" originate.

 ... and another: the media will also ignore the absence of cameras on the front of trains which in this case might have recorded some thugs leaving the scene.