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A man died after falling from a SEPTA Broad Street Line train

The man was trying to pass from one car to another.

A nearly empty subway car along the Broad Street Line in Philadelphia in March.
A nearly empty subway car along the Broad Street Line in Philadelphia in March.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer

A man died early Saturday morning after he fell from a SEPTA train while passing between cars, police said.

The 46-year-old man, who was not identified pending family notification, was riding the Broad Street Line and fell while trying to cross from one car to another around 4:10 a.m., according to police. He was then run over by the train.

Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced him dead on the scene at 4:25.