A young man from Brooklyn was found on the tracks at the 14th Street and Eighth Avenue station early this morning. Police are still investigating, and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday, but Stan Pales death appears to be an accident, police said.
About a dozen of his friends gathered outside his home on Avenue R near East 14th Street in Brooklyn yesterday. They said that Pales, 21, went out Saturday night to Club Hiro on West 17th Street and Ninth Avenue. They thought he left with a friend, but were not sure what happened afterward. Police told Pales' mother, Inga Krips, that he swiped his Metrocard in the transit system at 4:30 a.m. He was found at 6:55 a.m., facedown after being struck by a southbound E train, with his cell phone and money.
His best friend and next door neighbor, Rick Russo said of Pales, "He loved to party. He loved to play handball. He loved nothing more than his family and friends." Pales left behind his mother, stepfather, and 7-month old brother.
--Matt Sweeney
