The 49-year-old victim was lighting up on the gangway between two cars of a northbound No. 6 train when he lost his footing and fell in the tunnel underneath Lexington Ave. between the 68th

A 49-year-old straphanger smoking between subway cars was crushed to death after he slipped onto the tracks on the Upper East Side Christmas night, according to sources and police.

A 49-year-old man died when he fell while smoking a cigarette between moving subway cars on the Upper East Side on Christmas night, according to the NYPD.