NYPD searching for man who attacked 2 MTA employees with scooter in the Bronx
EASTCHESTER, Bronx (WABC) -- Two on-duty MTA workers were injured after a man struck them with his scooter at a subway station in the Eastchester section of the Bronx.
The employees were apparently trying to wake the man up as he slept on the No. 5 train platform at the Eastchester-Dyre Av station just after midnight Tuesday.
Officials say the suspect became irate, spitting and swinging his Razor scooter at the workers.
The 37-year-old train conductor was struck in the face with the scooter and the 46-year-old train operator was hit in the hand while trying to intervene.
They were taken to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital to be checked out.
The suspect fled the station.
He was described as a man between 18 and 22 years old, wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants.
New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement, "It is unacceptable for someone to not only disrespect a transit worker but to do it so violently that they injure two members of a train crew simply trying to remove subway cars from service at the end of a line."
Crichlow said that when this "lunatic" is caught, "there needs to be maximum, real consequences."
He says that the NYPD will track down the suspect using video from the train.
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