Man found on top of Metro-North train dies

The man who caught fire on top of a New York-bound train on Sunday has died. Authorities say Brian McClellen was badly burned after he climbed on top of the Metro-North train in Greenwich. Ryan

News 12 Staff

Nov 11, 2014, 3:32 AM

Updated 3,601 days ago

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The man who caught fire on top of a New York-bound train on Sunday has died.
Authorities say Brian McClellen was badly burned after he climbed on top of the Metro-North train in Greenwich.
Ryan Colby, an agent for McClellen, says the 21-year-old model and actor died from his injuries Monday morning.
The incident happened at around 5 a.m. at the Riverside station.
Officials say crews went to check on a power outage and found McClellen on fire on top of the train.
Colby says McClellan was in Connecticut working a side job for a catering company. He says McClellan was a bit of a daredevil and was known for doing an acrobatic exercise known as parkour. However, Colby says climbing a train would have been out of character for the fledgling actor.
Colby says McClellan just got several big breaks--one of which included shooting a new TV show with Hilary Duff.
Metro-North officials say they are still looking into exactly how McClellan got on top of the train and why.