~ NYC
~ on subway
~ 29 year old Asian man
~ hit on head with hammer
A 29-year-old subway rider was hit in the head with a hammer after he bumped into another person on the platform in a Chelsea subway station. The victim made what authorities described as incidental contact with the suspect on the number 2 subway line platform of the 14th street station just before 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. Words were exchanged, and the suspect struck the victim on the head with a hammer. The victim was conscious and alert after the attack and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.