NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Police are searching for a suspect who they say shoved a 72-year-old man onto subway tracks at the Herald Square station in Midtown on Sunday afternoon.
The victim was on the F platform around 12:15 p.m. when the suspect—clad in a hat and sunglasses—pushed him onto the tracks, the NYPD said.
The attack was entirely unprovoked, according to police.
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No train was entering the station at the time, but the victim suffered injuries in the fall, including a laceration to his head and pain throughout his body, police said.
EMS transported him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in stable condition.
The suspect fled on foot and remained at large Monday.
Video shows the suspect hopping a turnstile around the time of the attack.NYPD
