Woman, 70, Attacked In Midtown: NYPD

MIDTOWN, NY — A 70-year-old woman and a 34-year-old woman were attacked by two perpetrators in Midtown on Dec. 15, and police are now searching for the assailant, New York City Police Department officials said on Tuesday.

According to the NYPD, at 1:35 a.m. near East 42nd Street and Madison Avenue, the two victims got into an argument with a man and a woman about a car collision.

Then, the argument turned physical when the two perpetrators — a man and a woman — struck the 70-year-old in the face, pulled the 34-year-old by her hair, and stole her cell phone, police said.

The 70-year-old went to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for minor facial injuries, and the 34-year-old refused medical attention at the scene.

Police say they found and arrested the woman, who fled the scene in her car, but are still looking for the man, who ran away on foot with the cell phone.

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