A maniac shoved a 61-year-old man onto Brooklyn subway tracks in a fit of rage when he spotted the victim smoking on the platform, cops and sources said.
The victim was standing on the northbound D train platform at the Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center station around 11:50 p.m. Saturday when a complete stranger confronted him for smoking, authorities and sources said.
The two men argued before the suspect pushed the smoker onto the roadbed, police said.
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Good Samaritans jumped to the victim’s aid and helped him back up onto the platform, cops said.
Luckily, the victim was not struck by a train, and none were entering the station at the time, police said.
The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
The alleged shover had not been caught by Tuesday.
Police on Monday night released footage of the brown-haired, goateed suspect, with the top of his hair dyed blonde, roaming around on the platform.
He is shown wearing a black jacket over a white hoodie, ripped blue jeans and white sneakers.
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