Investigation underway after human leg found on subway tracks in the Bronx

WEST CONCOURSE, The Bronx (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after human remains were discovered on subway tracks in the Bronx.

Police say a human leg was found Saturday afternoon along the northbound No. 4 line between 167th and 170th streets.

Investigators are now trying to figure out whose leg it is and how it got there.

The leg has been turned over to the medical examiner.

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Jim Dolan has the story.

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