After Man Jumps in Front of R Train in Park Slope, Stringer Calls Again for Investigation

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After a man threw himself in front of the R train at the station on Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope on Sunday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer again called for an investigation.

"This is a troubling and dangerous trend with serious implications for the millions of commuters who ride the subway each day," he said in a release Sunday. "With six fatalities so far in 2013, New York is on pace to reach nearly 100 deaths this year. I renew my call for an investigation by the MTA inspector general to determine why accidents are on the rise and what can be done to make our subway system safer."

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Recent subway fatalities:

* On December 3, Ki-Suck Han was pushed onto the tracks and killed at the 49th Street/7th Avenue subway station.

* On December 27, Sunando Sen was pushed onto the tracks and killed at the 40th St-Lowery stop on the No. 7 Line.

* On January 1, a young woman walked onto the tracks and was killed by an uptown 2 train near Penn Station.

* On January 16, a 31-year-old man relieving himself between cars on the uptown 6 train was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was struck by the train he was riding.

* On January 19, three deaths occurred:
     - Brian O'Mara was found dead at 8:25 a.m. on the Brooklyn-bound L train tracks at the Third Avenue station.
     - A train operator discovered a body in the subway tunnel about 60 feet from the platform on the southbound track of the Nostrand Avenue A train station in Brooklyn.
     - A man on the tracks was struck by a Manhattan-bound train as he tried to climb onto the platform at the Sixth Avenue L train station.

* On January 22, an individual committed suicide on the uptown 2/3 tracks at Times Square.

* On January 28, a man threw himself in front of the R train in Park Slope.

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