Teenage girl arrested over New York subway train joyride

Police have arrested a teenage girl after an empty New York City subway train was taking on a brief joyride by two people before they crashed it and fled.

They are looking for a male companion they believe was also pictured on the train.

Surveillance photos released by the New York Police Department on Tuesday show one person dressed all in pink, including a pink shower cap, and another in a blue tank top.

Police arrested the 17-year-old girl Wednesday around noon local time. They have charged her with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.

The pair boarded an unoccupied train parked at the Briarwood subway station in Queens just after midnight on September 12 and somehow got it running, police said in a news release.

They crashed it into another parked train and ran, police said.

It was unclear how much damage the prank caused. No injuries were reported.