Photos Show Man Who Shoved Conductor Onto BK Subway Tracks: Cops

Park Slope NY

02 September, 2020

10:07 AM

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BROOKLYN, NY — Cops have released photos the man they say pushed a subway conductor onto the train tracks in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday. The 65-year-old conductor was standing on the northbound platform of the A line in his MTA uniform when the man came up and, apparently unprovoked, pushed him onto the tracks, police said. The conductor was sent to the hospital with multiple rib and spinal fractures. He was in serious but stable condition, police said. The attack was one of three on MTA workers over 24 hours this week that had transit officials sounding the alarm to police about violence against their workers. The attacks started late Monday in the East Village when a bus driver sat in an out-of-service bus, officials said. A man held the bus' front doors open while a woman rushed onto it and punched the driver in the face, according to a release. Minutes after the Brooklyn attack, at 8:09 a.m., a bus driver in Queens found himself facing harsh words from a pedestrian, officials said. The pedestrian, a man, capped the encounter with a punch to a bus window, shattering it, according to a release. The suspect from Hoyt Schermerhorn was caught on surveillance video fleeing the station right after the attack, police said. Police said he appears to be between 35 and 45 years old. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.