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# Drunk Santa Survives Clinton Hill Subway Plunge
- URL: https://bklyner.com/drunk-santa-survives-clinton-hill-subway-plunge/
- Published: 2016-12-27T15:48:42.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-27T15:50:06.000Z
- Author: Donny Levit
- Tags: Police & Fire, 88th precinct, a train, clinton hill, clinton hill-washington avenue subway, fort greene, nypd, #wp

![clinton-washington avenue subway](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/clinton-washington-avenue-subway.jpg)

Photo via [wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Washington%5FAvenues%5F%28IND%5FCrosstown%5FLine%29?ref=bklyner.com)

A drunken straphanger wearing a Santa hat narrowly avoided being run over by a subway an hour after Christmas Day.

[Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-santa-hat-survives-run-subway-train-article-1.2924635?ref=bklyner.com) reported that it was unclear if the man accidentally fell or deliberately jumped in front of a southbound A train at the Clinton-Washington Avenue station on Monday, December 26 at approximately 1am.

According to witness reports, the man wore a black-and-white Santa Claus hat before the incident.

After the motorman saw the fallen victim, he hit the brakes, however, the subway was unable to come to a stop before “the front two cars rolled over the victim,” reported the News. The man avoided being struck, cops said.

The man was transported to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope and was treated for a broken leg.