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Police said the victim was waiting for the A train at the W. 145th St. and St. Nicholas Ave. subway station with his wife at about 4:30 p.m. when the unidentified suspect attacked (file photo).
A 72-year-old straphanger was clinging to life Friday after a drunken homeless man shoved him off a train platform onto the subway roadbed in Hamilton Heights, officials said.
Police said the victim was waiting for the A train at the W. 145th St. and St. Nicholas Ave. subway station with his wife at about 4:30 p.m. when the unidentified suspect attacked.
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He suffered a cracked skull and a broken collar bone in the fall, officials said.
Commuters jumped onto the tracks and pulled the injured man back onto the platform before a train arrived.
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The senior was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Charges against the homeless man, who was apprehended at the scene, were pending late Friday.
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