Woman injured after randomly shoved into moving NYC subway train; suspect charged

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The victim was pushed by another woman as she stood on the platform at the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station.

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- A 31-year-old woman was shoved into the side of a moving subway train as it entered an Upper East Side station Tuesday night.

The victim was pushed by another woman as she stood on the platform at the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station around 5:40 p.m.

She bounced off the first car of the train as it entered the station and fell back onto the platform.

Troubled by the alarming spike in crime, activist Peter Kerre set up an Instagram page called SafeWalks NYC, designed to provide safe escorts to and from subway stations.

She was treated for an injured arm at Lenox Hill Hospital. She is in stable condition.

The suspect, 33-year-old Linda Chavez, of Queens, was taken into custody.

She was charged with attempted murder and assault.

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