Sleeping Straphanger Beaten With Stick In Ozone Park: NYPD

QUEENS — A man attacked a 67-year-old sleeping onboard the subway as it approached a station in Ozone Park on Sunday, police said.

A man was sleeping on a southbound 'A' train approaching the 80th Street subway station around 9:50 p.m. when another man started hitting the 67-year-old in the face with a stick, the NYPD said.

The 67-year-old man sustained lacerations to the face and was taken to Jamaica Hospital, authorities said.

The attacker fled into the Ozone Park subway station, cops said.

Police released images of the man on Monday.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.