NYC man charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing commuter into path of subway

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A man is in critical condition after he was pushed onto New York City subway tracks on New Year’s Eve, adding to a recent spate of violent incidents on the nation’s busiest subway system.

The victim, a 45-year-old man, miraculously survived being hit by an incoming 1 train at the 18th Street station. He suffered a head injury and was listed in stable condition at Bellue Hospital Tuesday night, the New York Post reported.

“By God’s own hand, he fell perfectly into the trench,” a police source told the Post.

The NYPD received a 911 call claiming an assault was in progress at the subway station Tuesday afternoon.

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subway attacker on surveillance camera

Kamel Hawkins, 23, has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly pushing a 45-year-old man onto subway tracks as a train approached. (MTA)

Officers responded and found the 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after being pushed onto the subway tracks, according to authorities.

The ordeal was caught on video and shows a hooded man on the edge of the platform and a victim looking at his phone as the train pulls into the station.

The video then shows what appears to be an unsuspecting man being pushed onto the tracks and disappearing under the train.

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Police are investigating at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn

NYPD officers responded to an assault in progress and found that a 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after allegedly being pushed onto the subway tracks. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Kamel Hawkins, 23, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing the stranger, police said.

The 45-year-old victim was taken to hospital in critical condition.

Tuesday’s violence comes less than two weeks after a woman – identified as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam – was set on fire while sleeping on a train in Brooklyn on December 22. She died and a man has been charged with murder and arson in her death.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.