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Man Hit By Train After Falling Onto Subway Tracks Amid Fight, Marking The Ninth NYC Transit Death This Year, Fifth In Last Two Weeks

<p>A man died after falling onto train tracks and getting hit by a train during a fight where one of the two combatants dropped a cell phone onto the tracks below&comma; cops say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In yet another deadly incident to occur within the NYC transit system&comma; authorities said two men bumped into each other on the platform at the Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights station around 6 p&period;m&period; on Monday&comma; amidst the evening commuter rush&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnewyork&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;man-dies-after-shove-onto-queens-subway-tracks-during-fight-over-cellphone-sources&sol;3911180&sol;&quest;amp&equals;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>NBC New York<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A cell phone belonging to the suspect fell onto the train tracks&period; and he demanded the victim go get it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Fight Started After Two Men Bumped Into Each Other&comma; With One Dropping Their Phone Onto Train Tracks<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The other man refused to retrieve it&comma; prompting the two to fight&period; The victim&comma; identified as 48-year-old Heriberto Quintana&comma; ultimately ended up on the tracks as a train was entering the station&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quintana was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he died&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1582309264084783106" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The other man involved in the fight&comma; described as a 50-year-old man&comma; was taken into police custody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities are now reviewing surveillance footage to see if the suspect pushed Quintana off the platform or if he fell on his own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No charges have been filed as of Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quintana&&num;8217&semi;s death triggered massive delays on the E&sol;F&sol;M&sol;R lines going in and out of Queens&period; The Long Island Rail Road ended up picking up some of the slack&comma; and cross-honored MetroCard holders in both directions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Quintana&&num;8217&semi;s Death Is Ninth To Occur In NYC Subway System In 2022&comma; Fifth To Occur Over Last Two Weeks<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The incident was the ninth death in the subway system this year&comma; and the fifth in the transit system over the last two weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Friday&comma; a teen was shot to death on a moving train in Far Rockaway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1581788293019992064" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; three other people have been stabbed to death since September 30&comma; with two in subway attacks and a third on a city bus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Saturday &lpar;October 15&rpar; a man was pushed onto the train tracks in the Bronx&comma; with police calling the attack unprovoked&period; Surveillance video released the next day shows as the unidentified assailant approaches the man before shoving him down onto the tracks before the arrival of an incoming 6 train&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The man in that incident thankfully survived after a group of Good Samaritans helped him get off of the tracks and back onto the platform&period; The suspect in that case has yet to be caught&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"100409" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;man-hit-by-train-after-falling-onto-subway-tracks-amid-fight-marking-the-ninth-nyc-transit-death-this-year-fifth-in-last-two-weeks&sol;" data-secure&equals;"680b1dd680"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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