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NYPD: Man killed by LIRR train in Flushing

Quick ReadA man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road passenger train that was traveling from Port Washington.

Rescue workers respond after a man was struck

Photo credit: Photo by Adam Abramson | Rescue workers respond after a man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train at the Broadway stop in Flushing, Queens. (July 30, 2010)

A man was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road passenger train that was traveling from Port Washington to Penn Station Friday evening, a railroad official said.

The as yet unidentified man was struck at 7:40 p.m. by the 7:09 p.m. train as it was moving just east of the Broadway Station in Queens, the official said.

Sam Zambuto, the LIRR spokesman said it is not know why the man...

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