An MTA subway train conductor was beaten in the head with a glass bottle in the Bronx on Wednesday, less than a week after a colleague had also been attacked on the job.
Around 11:50 a.m., the 38-year-old was in her cab at the 167th St. station in Concourse, riding the Manhattan-bound No. 4 train, when an unknown approached her and struck her in the head with the bottle, according to the NYPD.
After the assailant fled, the wounded woman carried on with her duties for two stops until she reached out to police at the 149th St.-Grand Concourse station. The officers contacted an ambulance for the conductor, who was brought to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition.
Wednesday’s attack occurred six days after conductor Alton Scott, 59, was also stabbed at the Rockaway Ave. station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, last Thursday.
Around 3:30 in the morning, Scott was also reportedly hit as he stuck his head out of the conductor’s cab of the A train headed for Far Rockaway. After being taken to Brookdale University Hospital, the serious cut on his head required nine sutures and 34 stitches to repair.
In both attacks, the perpetrators are still at large.
Governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that 750 National Guard soldiers and 250 state and MTA police officers will be patrolling subway stations to check passengers’ luggage due to concerns about rising criminal activities in the subway.
