NEW YORK - A 12-year-old boy with special needs is recovering after being hit by a "1" train in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.

Police the boy suffered a severe leg injury after wandering onto the tracks.

It happened at the Dyckman Street station in Inwood.

Neighbors who spoke with NY1 described the boy as energetic, and say he often walked around the neighborhood.

NY1 is told the boy was reported missing shortly before the accident.