An MTA conductor, identified as Alton Scott, on a southbound A train at a subway station in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn was slashed in the neck when he stuck his head out of the cabin window, the NYPD said.
An MTA conductor on a southbound A train inside a Brooklyn subway station was slashed in the neck when he stuck his head out of the cabin window, the NYPD said.The incident happened Thursday shortly after 3:30 a.m. at the Rockaway Avenue Station in Brownsville.According to police, the 59-year-old conductor, identified as Alton Scott, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he received 34 stitches to the gaping wound.
Meanwhile, in Harlem, the MTA recently installed stanchions to protect subway conductors at the 125th Street Subway Station.Officials hope the 4-foot rubber poles will prevent attacks on conductors."If the passengers actually listen and stand back, it helps us without everybody in our face when we’re trying to pull out and proceed," an MTA conductor told FOX 5 NY.
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