13-year-old seriously injured while subway surfing in Brooklyn, police say

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured after police say he was subway surfing in Brooklyn.

Police say the teen was hanging onto the side of a southbound F train as it pulled out of the Neptune Avenue station in Coney Island Tuesday night.

As the train was leaving the platform, the teen struck his head on a hanging sign and he fell onto the tracks.

He was taken to the hospital with injuries to his head, face and stomach.

The F train was briefly delayed but is back to normal.