MTA Worker Punched Twice In Subway Dispute: NYPD

KEW GARDENS, QUEENS -- The NYPD is looking for a man who punched an off-duty MTA worker in the face twice, sending him to the hospital for a broken nose in a subway argument that turned physical.

Police said the argument started on Dec. 3 at around 9 a.m. when the off-duty MTA employee, a 66-year-old man, bumped into a woman aboard a southbound F train. Police said a man with the woman came to her defense in a shouting match with the MTA worker, eventually punching him in the face on the train and again after the two got off at the Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike station, authorities said.

After the second punch, the man and the woman fled the subway station in an unknown direction, police said. The MTA worker was treated for a broken nose and split lip at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan's Upper East Side, authorities said.

Police described the suspect as a man around 28-30 years with brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, a black coat and a black hat. The woman with him is described as being around 28-30 years old with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, blue pants, a light blue shirt and a black purse.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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