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Police seek a pair who took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it

Sep 18, 2024, 9:47 AM

These images from surveillance camera video provided by the New York City Police Department, show t...

These images from surveillance camera video provided by the New York City Police Department, show two unidentified individuals being sought who entered an unoccupied New York City subway train and operated it, causing a collision and damage to the train, Sept. 12, 2024. (New York City Police Department via AP)
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(New York City Police Department via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Police are looking for a man and woman who took an empty New York City subway train on a brief joyride before they crashed it and fled.

Surveillance photos released by the New York Police Department on Tuesday show a woman dressed all in pink including a pink shower cap and a man in a blue tank top.

The pair boarded an unoccupied train parked at the Briarwood subway station in Queens just after midnight on Sept. 12 and somehow got it running, police said in a news release.

They crashed it into another parked train and ran, police said. It was unclear how much damage the prank caused. No injuries were reported.

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Police seek a pair who took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it