Crime & Safety
Stranger Punches Woman In The Face In Kew Gardens Subway: Police
A woman suffered facial fractures after a stranger punched her in the face Wednesday in the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike subway station.
KEW GARDENS, QUEENS — A woman suffered facial fractures after a stranger punched her in the face in the Kew Gardens subway station Wednesday morning, according to police.
The 63-year-old woman was standing on the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station's southbound E/F platform about 8:30 a.m. when a man came up to her and punched her, the NYPD said in a news release.
She was brought to LIJ Forest Hills hospital.
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The man fled the station and is still at large, police said Thursday night.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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