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"Two men fighting on the platform of the Lexington Avenue line at East 125th Street rolled off the platform into the path" of an uptown train, Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said in an e-mail.

The Fire Department said one man was killed and another was taken to Harlem Hospital Center in serious but stable condition. The police said a man was in custody, though it was not immediately clear if it was the injured man.

The names of those involved were not immediately released. The confrontation occurred after 4 p.m., the authorities said.

The death is the latest in a spate of violent subway fatalities. Last month, two riders were killed in separate episodes after being shoved from the platforms in front of oncoming trains.

The episode also had echoes of one that occurred in March in the Bedford Avenue L train station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where, the authorities said, two men fell onto the tracks while fighting. One man was struck by a train and killed, while the other climbed out, the police said. He was later charged with attempted assault and harassment.