NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an incoming train in New York City on New Year’s Eve is expected to make a full recovery, a relative said, while the person accused of pushing him was being held without bail Thursday on attempted murder and assault charges.
Joseph Lynskey, 45, was standing on the platform in the West 18th Street station in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon when another man pushed him onto the tracks as a 1 train approached. Police called it a random attack.
Lynskey’s condition has been upgraded from critical to stable, police said.
Christopher Lynskey, told The Daily News that his brother’s injuries include a skull fracture and broken ribs, but he is awake and talking at Bellevue Hospital.
“He’s good,” said Christopher Lynskey, who flew in from Florida to see his brother. “He’s busted up a little bit, but he’s going to make a full recovery.”
A police department statement said responding officers were told Lynskey was struck by the train. Authorities did not say how Lynskey escaped with just broken bones.