A scary video shows someone running on top of a moving train at the same Queens station where over the weekend, a teenage girl died and her young friend was seriously hurt while subway surfing.
A scared New Yorker took this heart-pounding video on Thursday near the Corona 111th Street station. It shows someone jogging dangerously along the top of an elevated subway car.
A second video from April shows at least five kids on top of another subway car in the same lane on Roosevelt Avenue.
“They do it every day,” Cara Thomas told The Post on Monday. Thomas shot the first video and lives on a balcony that looks out over the elevated tracks.
“I see it almost every day.” They do it on top of the express train. “Most of the time, they are in groups of four or six,” Thomas said.
Around 11 p.m. on Sunday, two teenage girls jumped from a southbound 7 train at the 111th Street station. One was seriously hurt and died, and the other was seriously hurt.
Police said that the 13-year-old girl from Brooklyn was named Krystel Romero and was pronounced dead at the scene. Monday, her 14-year-old friend stayed in critical condition at Elmhurst Hospital. Sources said she had a broken skull, brain bleeding, and could not breathe on her own.
A friend of the upset woman said Monday that Romero’s mother is “really in shock” and “still can not believe it.”
The family friend, who only gave her name as “Ever,” said that the teen’s mom is from Mexico but has lived in the US for over 25 years.
The friend said, “Krystel’s mom told her not to do that.”
“I have no idea what made her decide to do this.” “Kids today do all of these things for social media,” Ever said.
“Perhaps it was bad friends who pushed them.” It could have been a bet. She was so scared that she would not even ride the trains. We always took taxis because she did not want to take the subway.
It was the sixth death from subway surfing this year, more than the five deaths from the 2023 social media stunt.
Adolfo Sorzano, a 13-year-old from Brooklyn, was killed at the Forest Avenue station in Queens last week while trying to do a dangerous TikTok challenge. He was the fifth person to die while subway surfing this year.
Cayden Thompson, 11, was riding on top of a G train in Brooklyn last month when he was hit in the head by a low metal beam and died.
Police said that Thompson’s death on September 16 came after the apparent death of a 15-year-old boy who was subway surfing in July. He was found dead on the tracks at the Beach 90th Street station in the Rockaways.
Police say a 13-year-old boy died a month ago when he fell off a northbound 6-train in The Bronx.
In January, 14-year-old Alam Reyes was killed when he was thrown from a southbound F train as it approached the Avenue N stop in Brooklyn.
The MTA has tried to stop people from doing this dangerous thing by starting programs like one that started last year in which New York City students voice subway announcements telling people to “ride inside” to “stay alive.”
The MTA has also asked social media companies to make it harder for people to see videos of young people doing the risky stunt.
Channel 7 reports that the new Transit Bureau Chief Joseph Gulotta told MTA board members recently that the NYPD has increased enforcement and that surveillance teams are using drones to keep an eye on subway stations that people like to use.
It does not seem to be enough to stop teens from following the bad trend, though.
Mario Larios, who lives in Corona, said on Monday, “I see a lot of kids running and doing flips on top of the moving train.”
“Oh my God, mom, look at those kids on top of the subway!'” I hear from my 10-year-old daughter when she sees them. Larios told me. “I tell her it is risky and she should never do it.”
Iris Mota, an 18-year-old community college student, also said she often sees the daredevils.
“At least once a month, I see a lot of subway surfers.” In middle school, they are mostly 12 to 14-year-olds. “Most of them are boys,” she said.
Mota said, “These kids know it is dangerous, but they are still doing it.” “They are doing it to feel powerful on social media.”
Jorge Navarro, a busboy from Queens who is 22 years old, said it seems to be happening “more than ever.”
He told The Post, “They are very young.” “I think they are looking for a thrill and attention on Instagram.” These people do stupid things on social media.
Mayor Eric Adams said on X that he was “heartbroken” to hear about the death of the latest subway surfer.
Adams said he was “heartbroken to hear that subway surfing and the search for social media fame has taken another life.”
“We are doing everything we can to get people to know about this dangerous trend,” he said. “But all New Yorkers and our social media companies need to do their part too.” “No job is worth your chance.” My thoughts and prayers are with the girls’ families.–
