Queens Subway Rider Kicked In The Face In Transit Tussle: Cops

JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS — A fight broke out on an E train in Queens Saturday morning after one rider refused to stand clear of the closing doors.

A man was holding the train doors open at the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue subway station about 9 a.m. Saturday when he got in an argument with another straphanger and kicked him in the face, police said.

First responders brought the victim to the hospital for an eye injury, according to police.

The NYPD released a photo of the unidentified attacker Saturday in an effort to track him down.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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