Two Track Walkers Struck by Trains at Five AM

Man Fatally Struck by LIRR Train Near Woodside Station, MTA Says

WOODSIDE — A man was struck and killed by a LIRR train in Queens early Sunday morning, according to the MTA.

The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was hit shortly before 5 a.m. east of the Woodside station by a train on the Port Washington line heading into Penn Station, an MTA spokesman said.

He was declared dead at the scene. The MTA said it was not clear why the man was on the train tracks at the time.

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The Daily News included another Five AM "accident" in its report:

Meanwhile, a man survived after stumbling off the platform into the path of an oncoming train at a Manhattan subway station.

The straphanger, who police believe was intoxicated, was struck by a downtown Q train as it pulled into the 57th St.-Seventh Ave. station at 5 a.m., police said. The train struck the man’s leg, according to police.

He was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell and is expected to survive.
          
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Perhaps someday the MTA and the NYPD will investigate why so many "accidents" happen when the transit system (and the LIRR) have the lowest number of passengers and why those passengers seem to include a high number of people who "accidentally" end up on the tracks.

Sure, and someday they will even publish videos of the "accidents".