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A subway surfing stunt on the Williamsburg Bridge turned tragic Friday evening, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead and an 18-year-old in critical condition.
Police reported finding the two teenagers unconscious on the tracks of the J/M subway line at approximately 6:50 p.m.
The younger boy succumbed to injuries that were consistent with falling from the train.
The 18-year-old was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
In response to the incident, NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow expressed his sorrow, stating, “This incident is heartbreaking. Knowing that riding outside trains often ends tragically, it’s incomprehensible—and as a parent, it pains me—that this continues to occur.”
“I’m imploring families, friends, teachers, and others coming into contact with teens engaging in these suicidal stunts to get them to stop,” the statement continued.
The Williamsburg Bridge is known as dangerous among subway surfers.
Last October, a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl was killed in a subway surfing accident — reminiscent of Friday’s events.
Zemfira Mukhtarov frequently posted her death-defying adventures on TikTok, and was reportedly obsessed with thrill-seeking.
She was found dead on the Williamsburg Bridge.
“I always working, and I don’t know what she’s doing, what time she’s doing,” her grieving mom Nataliya Rudenko, of Ukraine, told The Post.
“One time I see she is on the top of the Williamsburg Bridge, [pretending to] hold our city on her hand.”