A man is in critical condition after being pushed onto New York City subway tracks on New Year's Eve, the latest in a spate of violent incidents in the nation's busiest subways.
New York City police received a 911 call Tuesday afternoon reporting an assault in progress at a New York City subway station.
Officers responded and found a 45-year-old man had been thrown onto the subway tracks and then struck by a southbound train, authorities said.
The ordeal was captured on video, showing a hooded man sitting on the edge of the platform and the victim looking at his mobile phone as the train entered the station.
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NYPD officers responded to an assault in progress and found a 45-year-old man apparently thrown onto the subway tracks before being struck by a southbound train. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The video then shows an unsuspecting man being pushed onto the tracks and disappearing beneath the train.
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The MTA logo can be seen on New York City subways. (Luis C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shoved an unknown man, police said.
The victim, a 45-year-old man, was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Tuesday's violence comes less than two weeks after a woman, Debrina Khawam, 57, was set on fire as she slept on a Brooklyn train on Dec. 22. The woman died and the man was charged with murder and arson. her death.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
