Crime & Safety
Man Thrown Onto Harlem Subway Tracks After Trying To Stop Fight: NYPD
The 64-year-old was shoved onto the tracks by a suspect with a lengthy rap sheet, police said.
HARLEM, NY — A man was pushed onto the subway tracks at a busy Harlem station over the weekend after he tried to intervene in a fight, police said.
The 64-year-old was waiting on the uptown 4-5 platform at the 125th Street-Lexington Avenue station on Saturday, just before 2:25 p.m., decided to intervene in a nearby argument, according to an NYPD spokesperson.
That's when one of the men fighting — 38-year-old Edgardo Cortez — shoved the 64-year-old off the platform and onto the tracks, police said.
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Good Samaritans managed to help him back onto the platform, and he was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition for a left leg injury, according to police.
No train was entering the station at the time, police said.
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Cortez, of The Bronx, has been charged with reckless endangerment, assault and harassment, police said.
According to the NYPD, Cortez had more than 50 arrests dating back to 2001.
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