So bizarre and sad: The Post says that a man tried to kill himself by jumping in front of an R train at Steinway Street in Queens. But he didn't die, so he electrocuted himself at the third rail. While the idea of partitions between the subway tracks and the platform might be a far-away possibility, these stories of deaths and accidents should make them a priority of the MTA, no?
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