15-year-old found dead on tracks in Queens, may have been subway surfing

Police are investigating whether a 15-year-old boy found dead on the tracks in Queens was surfing the subway on Friday.

According to police, an MTA train conductor notified police after discovering the unconscious teenager on the elevated tracks at the Beach 90th St. station in Far Rockaway at 5:27 p.m.

Paramedics responded and pronounced the boy, who was found with a serious head injury, dead at the scene.

It is unclear whether the boy was hit by another train or fell onto the tracks, according to an NYPD spokeswoman. Investigators believe it is possible that the teenager was surfing the subway.

The coroner will determine the boy’s cause of death.

Following the fatal accident at Far Rockaway, a man was hit and killed by a Line 3 train in Manhattan.

The northbound train was in the tunnel between 23rd St. and 28th St. stations in Chelsea when the emergency brake was triggered shortly before 7 p.m., said police, who found the body of an unidentified man.

It is unclear how the man got onto the tracks, it was said.

Of the more than 100 subway surfing incidents reported to police this year, two have resulted in deaths, including a 13-year-old boy who died last month after falling from a northbound 6 train in the Bronx.

In January, 14-year-old subway surfing enthusiast Alam Reyes died when he fell from the roof of a southbound F train in Brooklyn.

The MTA launched a public safety awareness campaign last September to deter teens from attempting the dangerous stunt.

Two months later, the New York Police Department deployed its first drones to look for surfers and warn drivers to stop their trains.