NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A Bronx man is under arrest after another man was punched in the face and pushed onto subway tracks in an unprovoked attack at a Brooklyn subway station, police said.
David Rivera, 32, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault, menacing, criminal trespass and harassment.
The 22-year-old victim was on a platform at the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station just before 9 a.m. Monday when a Rivera allegedly came up and punched him in the face, according to police.
The assailant then pushed him onto the track roadbed, according to police.
The victim suffered a fractured left arm and wrist, lacerations to his left knee, and bruising to his right knee.
He was transported by EMS to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition.
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