Woman, 82, shoved onto subway tracks in Queens

Responders aid a woman who was pushed onto the subway tracks at the Flushing-Main Street station in Queens on Wednesday, and police are looking for the culprit.
Responders aid a woman who was pushed onto the subway tracks at the Flushing-Main Street station in Queens on Wednesday. Photo credit Citizen App

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are investigating after an 82-year-old woman was pushed onto the subway tracks in a Flushing, Queens station on Wednesday, officials said.

Minutes before noon, officers responded to the Flushing-Main Street station and found the victim on the 7-line tracks between two train cars.

The train was stationary when she fell, police said.

The victim was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in stable condition.

Witnesses told police that the woman was pushed by a man in a blue shirt.

There have been no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.

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