Brooklyn straphanger viciously knifes MTA conductor trying to clear subway car: police

A Brooklyn subway rider repeatedly knifed an on-duty MTA conductor trying to bare a car aft the bid reached its past halt Tuesday, constabulary said.

The unidentified assailant was sitting successful a No. 4 bid car astatine the Crown Heights-Utica Ave. stop astatine astir 10:50 a.m. erstwhile the 64-year-old conductor walked through, telling passengers remaining connected the bid they had to measurement retired onto the platform.

The fishy refused to leave, sparking an argument, constabulary said.

He past flashed a weapon and lunged astatine the MTA employee, stabbing him six to 9 times successful some the tummy and leg, said members of Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents MTA conductors.

EMS rushed the conductor to Kings County Hospital wherever helium remained successful captious condition, national members said.

The stabber ran disconnected and constabulary were reviewing surveillance video, cops said. But 1010 WINS subsequently reported that a idiosyncratic of involvement had been apprehended.

Cops could not instantly corroborate that the attacker was successful custody.