For no apparent reason, a man was injured after being pushed onto the subway tracks at Penn Station in Manhattan.
The attack occurred this Sunday around 5:00 in the afternoon on the platform of the A/C/E lines at the aforementioned station.
According to police information, the 64-year-old victim was checking his cell phone when a subject approached and kicked him, making him fall on the train tracks.
The man was helped back to the platform by other passengers, however, due to the fall he suffered leg injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The alleged perpetrator managed to escape after the attack.
Attacks on the subway increase
This incident adds to a series of criminal acts that have occurred on the subway.
On Friday, March 1, a 61-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen when he was inside a car on the 4 train.
During February, two Hispanics died in incidents on the subway.
According to official data, in the first two months of 2023, 310 criminal acts were recorded on the subway, the figure rose 13% in 2024, with 351 incidents reported.
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The fatal accident occurred Sunday around 9:50 p.m. at the intersection of Clifton Avenue and Montclair Avenue.
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“I hoped to see him alive, but since my child was coming from that side, the car killed him with a single (hit). I don’t have a male child,” his mother Xenia Martínez explained between sobs.
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The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the accident.
2024-03-04 12:26:00
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