Man Struck by Train While "Lying on Tracks"

 Man Hit by Train Injures Leg in Park Slope, Police Say

 
By Aiden Gardiner

BROOKLYN — A man's leg was injured when he was hit by a train while lying in the subway tracks of the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street station Tuesday morning, police said.

The man, who is in his 50s, was lying in the tracks about 4:48 a.m., when he was hit, an NYPD spokesman said.

and ...

Investigators don't believe he's the victim of a crime, an NYPD spokesman said.

The actions of this man confirm that--according to the NYPD--many people who use the subway in the dead of night behave most strangely, putting themselves at risk of injury or worse.

Of course, the management of the MTA, with the apparent concurrence of top police officials, have ensured that there are no surveillance cameras installed, cameras that could have recorded how this victim ended up on the tracks. And the near-instantaneous conclusion by the NYPD that no crime was committed follows a years-long pattern that no doubt pleases the MTA managers including, especially, their attorneys.

One wonders what this victim--who "suffered a leg injury"--would say to investigators who were not members of the NYPD.