A 14-year-old subway surfer was critically injured when he fell from the top of a Bronx train, cops said Tuesday.
The boy was riding on top of a northbound No. 5 train with two other teens when he fell and landed on the track bed near the Baychester Ave. stop about 3:15 p.m. Monday, cops said.
Medics rushed the teen to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was initially listed in critical condition from injuries to his face and body. His condition improved overnight to critical but stable, police said.
Cops arrested a 17-year-old subway surfer at the station, charging him with reckless endangerment and trespass. The third teen ran off and is still being sought.
Six people, most of them teens, died subway surfing in the city last year, cops said. The youngest was just 11. So far this year, two people have died in subway surfing incidents.
So far this year, NYPD cops have arrested 79 people, mostly teens, for subway surfing, nine fewer than by this time last year.
In March, two 13-year-old boys were seriously injured in subway surfing incidents, one in Brooklyn, one in Queens, just days apart from each other.
Over the past few months, cops and the MTA have taken a multi-prong approach to discourage thrill seekers.
Last week, the MTA ramped up their “Ride Inside and Stay Alive” campaign featuring Queens-born BMX Athlete Nigel Sylvester.
The NYPD has started flying drones along above-ground subway lines to keep an eye out for subway surfers.
