A 23-year-old straphanger was shoved her into an incoming an A train at a Manhattan subway station Monday morning – with bystanders leading cops to the suspect.
The victim fell back onto the platform and suffered bruises to her face, hands knees and shoulder but is expected to survive, law enforcement sources said.
The shocking attack played out at the 175th Street station shortly after 9 a.m., when the 26-year-old suspect pushed the unsuspecting victim onto the tracks as the train pulled in.
The woman was struck by the train and fell back onto the platform. She was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, the sources said.
Meanwhile, the suspect – who is not being named because he has not yet been charged – was nabbed by cops at the 181st Street station after alert bystanders took photos of the perp and showed them to cops who arrived at the scene.
According to sources, the suspect has at least two prior arrests – a Jan. 19 bust for entering the prohibited area of a Bergen Street subway station and a Dec. 21 arrest for allegedly groping a woman on a C train at West 50th Street and Eighth Avenue.