Two people tried to operate an unoccupied train at a Queens subway station and ended up crashing it, police said.

A teenager wearing a shower cap allegedly took a New York subway train for a joyride before crashing it. The 17-year-old girl is suspected of being one of two people who commandeered the empty train from Briarwood subway station in Queens in the early hours of Sept 12.

A 17-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of criminal mischief in the first degree, and reckless endangerment in the first degree.

New York police have arrested a teen suspected of taking a joyride on an empty subway train then crashing it. A 17-year-old girl is charged with criminal mischief over the incident in Briarwood subway station in Queens, shortly after midnight on 12 September.

The NYPD is asking the public to assist them in finding the two suspects who took an unoccupied subway car on a joyride last week. The pair fled the scene after the train crashed.

Police are searching for two suspects in connection to a subway collision in Queens on Thursday2. The incident happened around 12:08 a.m. at the Briarwood subway station. The suspects entered an empty train,

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Police said the suspects accessed an unoccupied train sitting in the station "and operated it, causing a collision and damage to the train."

Police are searching for two people accused of stealing and operating an unoccupied subway train in Queens, causing it to crash. The incident was reported to police just after midnight on Thursday at the Briarwood subway station.