Man recovering after being shoved onto subway tracks inside Lower Manhattan station

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Sunday, January 23, 2022

Man recovering after being pushed onto subway tracks in Lower Manhattan

It's not clear if he was struck by a train, but police said he did not make contact with the electrified third rail.

LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- A man suffered minor injuries after he was shoved onto the subway tracks in front of an oncoming train at a station in Manhattan Sunday.

Police said the 61-year-old man was standing on the platform for the A/C trains inside the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan just before 11:30 a.m. when he was pushed onto the tracks as a train was coming into the station.

It's not clear if he was struck by a train, but police said he did not make contact with the electrified third rail.

He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.

The suspect fled the station and police are searching for him.

A/C/D/F trains in the area were heavily impacted.

The incident comes just over a week after 40-year-old Michelle Go died after she was pushed onto the subway tracks at a Times Square station.

The suspect in that case was arrested.

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