Two young girls in New York City are dead following a suspected subway surfing tragedy.
Zemfira Mukhtarov, 12, of Brooklyn, and 13-year-old Ebba Morina of Manhattan, were found “unconscious and unresponsive” on top of a train at the Marcy Avenue-Broadway subway station in Williamsburg early Saturday, police said, per the New York Post .
Both girls were pronounced dead at the scene, bringing the total number of victims lost to the viral trend to five in the past year, police said.
“It’s heartbreaking that two young girls are gone because they somehow thought riding outside a subway train was an acceptable game,” New York City Transit Authority president Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement.
“Parents, teachers and friends need to be clear with loved ones: Getting on top of a subway