NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police were searching Tuesday for a suspect who took off after allegedly getting into a scuffle with cops at a Brooklyn subway station that ended with one officer falling onto the tracks.
Officers were responding to a call just before 7 a.m. about a disorderly person at the Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College station in Crown Heights when they found the man on a train.
Officers escorted him onto a platform, but as they were attempting to place him under arrest, he refused to comply, police said.
During an ensuing struggle, the suspect and the officer fell onto the subway tracks, according to police.
No train was enter the station at the time, and neither of them made contact with the third rail, police said.
A second officer helped his colleague off the tracks, while the suspect got back on the platform and fled the station, according to the NYPD.
The officer suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized in stable condition.
The suspect is said to be about 5 feet, 5 inches and wearing a black jacket.
