13-year-old girl dies, another badly hurt in Queens subway surfing tragedy

A 13-year-old girl is dead, another teenager critically injured after police say the two were subway surfing in Queens.

Authorities responding to a call about people hit by a train at 111th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday found the two girls. They had apparently fallen between two cars while subway surfing on a southbound No. 7 train and were hit.

The 13-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. She was later identified as Krystel Romero, of Brooklyn. The other victim, a 14-year-old girl, remained hospitalized in critical condition early Monday afternoon.

Sunday's tragedy marks at least the sixth subway surfing death this year. Last week, a 20-year-old man died in a similar incident. The day before that, a teenage boy was hurt doing the same.

Police say their investigation in this latest case is ongoing.