A crazed stranger shoved a 65-year-old woman onto Bronx subway tracks in an unprovoked attack Thursday afternoon – and later walked into a psychiatric clinic admitting what he’d done, cops and sources said.
The victim was standing on the northbound No. 5 train platform at East 180th Street and Morris Park Avenue in Van Nest around 1:40 p.m. when the menace silently approached her from behind and shoved her onto the roadbed, police said.
A quick-thinking bystander flagged down cops — who halted their station inspection duties to help the victim back up onto the platform with only a knee injury, law enforcement sources said.
She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition with only knee injuries, police said.
The suspect had no apparent connection to the victim.
After the attack, he showed up at a psychiatric clinic, telling employees he just pushed someone onto the subway tracks and requested an evaluation, the sources said.
He was in police custody Friday, but was still being evaluated at the facility, according to the sources.
Charges were pending against him.
