Subway passenger survives after he’s shoved onto tracks, struck by train Suspect was arrested in what police believe was a random attack and charged with murder and second-degree assault.
An unidentifed New York City subway passenger was initially listed in critical condition Tuesday after he was shoved onto the tracks and struck by a train, according to police.
The attack was the latest in a mounting series of violent incidents in the subway, including the burning death of a 57-year-old woman just over a week ago who was sleeping on a train in Brooklyn and set on fire by a stranger, who has been arrested.
The man, 45, was hit by a southbound train at the 18th Street station on the west side of Manhattan early afternoon, according to the New York Police Department.
Surveillance video obtained by media outlets appears to show the victim checking his phone when he was suddenly pushed off the platform by a manwith a hood over his head just before the train roared into the station.
