Queens Subway Station 'Assault': Pair Beat Man Unconscious, Police Say

QUEENS, NY — The NYPD is searching for two men who police say beat a man unconscious in a Queens subway station.

The 43-year-old man was inside the Flushing/Main Street station Sunday, police said, standing in line waiting to re-fill his MetroCard. The man stepped out of line briefly to check his card balance on one of the balance swiping machines, police said.

When the man tried to get back in line, the two men objected, and "a dispute began," police said.

The pair pushed the men toward some stairs inside the station, and an "assault" occurred that left him "unconscious," police said. Further details about the assault were not immediately available.

He suffered "lacerations to his face" and was taken by ambulance to New York Presbyterian Queens. The men fled the station, police said.

The following photo of the two men, taken from surveillance footage, was released by police.

Lead image via NYPD.