Victim was taken to hospital with skull and rib fractures
On a subway platform in New York, USA, a man in his 20s pushed a person onto the tracks as the train entered, then ran away and was caught by the police.
A man pushes a passenger waiting for a train down the tracks on the New York subway. X (X, old Twitter) capture
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On the 2nd (local time), the Associated Press and others reported that at around 1:30 p.m. on the 31st of last month, a man suddenly pushed Joseph Lynskey (45), who was waiting for a train, on the platform of Manhattan’s 18th Street Station and ran away. The train was entering the station at the time.
A man pushes a passenger waiting for a train down the tracks on the New York subway. X (X, old Twitter) capture
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New York police arrested suspect Camel Hawkins, 23, on the day of the incident. It is known that he has been arrested in the past on charges including possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer. Hawkins was charged with attempted second-degree murder and assault.
The day after the incident, New York Mayor Eric Adams pointed out through social networking service (SNS), “Violence of any kind can never be tolerated in our subway system,” and “Such random acts of violence make New Yorkers anxious.” did it
Security camera footage from the time of the incident shows Lynskey waiting for the subway in front of the platform, looking at his cell phone. Meanwhile, a suspect wearing a black hoodie was lingering behind Linskey and pushed him on the back with such force that he fell to the bottom of the tracks just before the train arrived at the station. The suspect fled the scene immediately after the crime. When the accident occurred, the train stopped running, and after receiving the report, fire officials arrived between the stopped trains and rescued Linskey. Lynskey is currently being treated at the hospital for injuries including skull and rib fractures and organ damage.
Recently, there has been a series of terrible crimes on the New York subway. On the 22nd of last month, Sebastian Autta (33) from Guatemala was arrested on charges of setting fire to the clothes and blanket of a woman who was sleeping on a train, causing her death. Last March, there was an incident in which two men in their 30s got into a physical fight during an argument, and one of them fired a pistol. Last February, teenagers shot dead or injured six passengers after an argument. In January 2022, there was an incident in which a man in his 60s pushed an Asian woman to the tracks and killed her at a subway station near Times Square.
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