Woman shoved onto subway tracks during robbery in Manhattan

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
Woman shoved onto subway tracks during robbery in NYC
A 31-year-old woman was robbed of her wallet and shoved onto subway tracks during a robbery at 7th Avenue station in Midtown Wednesday.

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A woman is recovering after being shoved onto subway tracks during a robbery in Manhattan Wednesday.

The incident happened just before 11:30 a.m. on the southbound B train platform at the 7th Avenue station in Midtown.

The 31-year-old victim was robbed of her wallet by a man pushing a shopping cart before he shoved her off the platform.

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He then fled the subway. No arrests have been made.

Police describe the suspect as a man in his 40s wearing a blue jacket and blue hat.

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