The terrifying moment when a man pushed a woman onto the New York subway tracks seconds before the arrival of a train

Publication date: November 21, 2020, 12: 00hs

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The attack was recorded by a security camera.

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The police of New York stopped a man who pushed a woman onto the subway tracks when a train arrived at the station Union Square Thursday morning.

Miraculously, the victim, in his 40s, alone suffered minor injuries since she managed to lie down between the tracks and avoided being run over. Two carriages passed over her before the train stopped.

The attack, which occurred around 8:45 a.m., was recorded by security cameras. The video shows the suspect standing on the platform when suddenly run and push a woman I was waiting near the tracks for the approaching subway.

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The assailant was identified as Aditya Vemulapati, a 24-year-old homeless man. He immediately turned himself in to a subway controller, who held him until the police arrived, while firefighters helped the victim off the tracks and took her to a hospital. According to authorities, he only suffered minor injuries.

New York Police Chief of Transit Kathleen O’Reilly said on Twitter that “charges will be brought and this case will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.”

Vemulapati was accused of assassination attempt, assault and reckless endangerment Thursday afternoon.

According to the channel CBS , witnesses said they saw the man walking agitated and talking alone before pushing the woman.

The video shows him “waiting and calculating when the train was going to arrive at the station, and at the right moment he pushed it onto the tracks,” O’Reilly said at a news conference.

“It was by the grace of God that he only suffered minor injuries,” he added.