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Train severs leg of subway vandal
Published: Monday, February 15, 2010
NEW YORK — A 16-year-old boy on his way to paint graffiti onto subway cars in Brooklyn lost his leg when he was run over by a train, the New York Times has reported. Jose Juarez of Brooklyn was walking through a subway tunnel when a train hit him; he was reported to be in critical but stable condition last night.
Juarez and two friends were walking on the tracks of the northbound N line about 10:10 p.m. about 75 feet north of the Kings Highway station platform when the train struck Juarez. It's unclear whether Juarez's leg was in the path of the train, if his clothes got caught, or if there was some other cause. The three were standing in boxes where maintenance workers stand to let trains pass.
Juarez was struck by the train's third-rail shoe, a protruding part that draws electric current from a third rail to the train's onboard motors. "He is lucky that all he had was his leg amputated," an unnamed law-enforcement official said. "If he had been touching another piece of metal when he was hit by the shoe, he would have burst into flames because of all the electricity."
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