A man is in critical condition after being pushed New York City Subway tracks on New Year's Eve, adding to a recent spate of violent incidents in the country's busiest subway system.
The NYPD received a 911 call claiming there was an assault in progress at a New York City subway station Tuesday afternoon.
Officers responded and found that a 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after he had been pushed. To the subway tracks, according to authorities.
The ordeal was captured on video, showing a masked man on the edge of the platform and a victim looking at his phone as the train entered the station.
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NYPD officers responded to the ongoing assault and found that a 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after he was pushed onto the subway tracks. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The video then shows what appears to be an unsuspecting man being pushed onto the tracks and disappearing under the train.
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The MTA logo appears on a New York City subway train. (Luis C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Kamel Hawkins (23 years old) was charged Attempted murder after she allegedly pushed the stranger, police said.
The 45-year-old victim was taken to A The hospital is in critical condition condition.
Tuesday's violence comes less than two weeks after a woman – 57-year-old Debrina Quam – was set on fire while sleeping on a train in Brooklyn on December 22. She died, and a man was charged with murder and arson in Brooklyn. Her death.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
