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Man struck by train at Lynbrook LIRR station

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This story was updated on August 3 at 11:12 a.m.

A Suffolk County man who was struck by an eastbound train at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station on July 27 underwent emergency surgery and was listed in critical condition following the incident, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

MTA spokesman Sal Arena said on Tuesday that the victim was 36-year-old Mychael Caines, of Shirley, and that the incident, which occurred at 7:20 a.m., was being investigated as a suicide attempt.

A 59-year-old LIRR commuter, who claimed that he witnessed the incident but declined to give his name, said that it did not appear that Caines jumped in front of the train.

“Just before he was struck, it appeared he was falling backwards from the platform, and was not attempting to leap into the train’s path,” the man wrote in an email to the Herald. “It looked as if fellow commuters attempted to grab him.”

According to the man, the victim appeared to be a middle-aged man and was wearing a T-shirt, dark slacks and sneakers — which flew off upon impact.

“People screamed just prior to the initial impact, and the victim’s body twisted and rolled across the front of the lead car like a rag doll, eventually disappearing around the north side of the front car,” the man wrote. “I have been commuting on the LIRR since 1983, and have never witnessed anything remotely so horrifying.”

Caines was transported to South Nassau Community Hospital in Oceanside. He was struck by the 6:36 a.m. train from Penn Station, which was headed to Babylon. Arena did not say whether Caines was still in critical condition.

Both the MTA and Lynbrook police departments responded to the scene. According to MTA spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman, there did not appear to be any criminality involved, but the investigation was continuing.