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Man Smashed In The Head With Metal Lock In Subway, Stumbles Onto Tracks

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - There was a terrifying assault in a Brooklyn subway station late Thursday night.

Police sources say a man was attacked by a stranger and then fell onto the tracks.

Police sources say the two men had some kind of argument inside the 95th Street R train station in Bay Ridge.

It all happened around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night.

A stanger hit 29-year-old Rolando Garcia-Nicia in the head with a Master lock. That's when he ended up falling.

He was thankfully able to get up before a train arrived in the station.

It's unclear what caused the two to start fighting.

Garcia-Nicia was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

The suspect is described as a man about 5'8" tall with a pony tail, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Anyone with any information is asked to call NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. You can also submit a tip via the Crime Stoppers website, by Tweeting @NYPDTips or by texting a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

 

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