Man punches MTA employee in the face in Brooklyn: police

Crown Heights
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- An MTA employee was assaulted early Tuesday in Brooklyn officials tell 1010 WINS.

Around 1 a.m., a train operator was standing on the platform at Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue in the Crown Heights section when he a dispute with another man ensued.

The man punched the train operator in the face and then fled in an unknown direction.

The train operator was taken to Interfaith Hospital where he was treated and released.

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