“So You Think You Can Dance” Winner Joshua Allen Died After Being Struck By Train, Family Says

New specifications are emerging astir nan decease of So You Think You Can Dance alum Joshua Allen.

PEOPLE confirmed that Allen died connected Tuesday, Sept. 30, and a family personnel has now told TMZ that he died aft being deed by a train.

Allen, who won play 4 of nan Fox reality show, was taken to nan infirmary aft he was hit, wherever he died connected Tuesday. He was 36.

A family personnel told TMZ, which was nan first to study nan news, that nan family is asking for "privacy and prayers" from fans.

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Emmanuel Hurd, a choreographer and friend of Allen, paid tribute to nan dancer successful an Instagram post connected Tuesday, calling him "the life of nan party."

“Can’t wrap my caput astir this…Josh…my brotha. There are nary words," Hurd wrote. "One of nan realest group I ever met. Kept it a stack each clip and would make it correct if you fell short. A existent King. This 1 hurts deep."

He said successful nan caption that Allen is "with Stephen now and that brings maine comfort," referring to nan late Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a erstwhile So You Think You Can Dance prima who died by suicide aged 40 successful December 2022.

The past station shared connected Allen's Instagram was a photograph of him and nan precocious Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died successful July aft drowning while connected a family picnic successful Costa Rica.

“Fly precocious King #gonetoosoon,” Allen captioned nan July 21 post.