3 MTA Subway Operators Attacked in Seperate Incidents in One Night in 3 Boroughs

3 MTA Subway Operators Attacked in Seperate Incidents in One Night in 3 Boroughs

Mark Crudele

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:15AM

Three subway train operators were attacked in a two-hour span in three of New York City's boroughs Saturday night.

At 8:30 p.m., a rider pushed his way into the train cab and punched the motorman in the face. It happened on the J line at the Essex Street stop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Several other subway riders tried to intervene, and the attacker hit them, too. The train operator was treated at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

At 9:25 p.m., another rider assaulted a motorman with a beer can at the C line at the Euclid Avenue station in East New York, Brooklyn. He struck him in the right arm with the can and splashed beer on his uniform.

At 10:15 p.m., yet another rider spat in the face of a motorman on the platform of the northbound G line at the Court Square station in the Long Island City section of Queens. He was treated and released from Mount Sinai Hospital.

No arrests were made in any of the incidents.

MTA said in a statement, "An assault on our employees is an attack on all of us. These incidents are extremely disturbing and we remain committed to the safety and security of our employees."