Train operator in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A train operator is in critical condition after he was stabbed several times in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Tuesday, police say.

It happened just before 11 a.m. inside the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue Station.

Mryan Pollack, 64, was stabbed in the leg and torso.

Police say Pollack -- an operator for 25 years -- was attacked by a 27-year-old suspect after telling customers to disembark the number 4 subway train at the last stop at the station.

The suspect refused and a dispute spilled onto the platform, where Pollack was stabbed.



Pollack was taken to Kings County Hospital.

The suspect was taken into custody with charges pending.

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