Man falls onto tracks in Bay Ridge station after assault aboard R train
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Cops say a man fell onto the train tracks Wednesday evening after he was attacked by a man aboard an R train.
According to authorities, a 21-year-old was asleep aboard a southbound R train when, as the vessel made its way into the 95th Street station, a man unknown to the victim struck him in the face with a lock.
A fight transpired and spilled out onto the platform. During the altercation, police say, the victim fell onto the roadbed, at which time the attacker fled the scene in an unknown direction.