Man thrown in front of New York subway, video shows

An unsuspecting New York man waiting for a subway train was thrown in front of it… and the brutal incident was captured on security footage.

There’s a video circulating online showing the incident that happened Tuesday afternoon…involving an unidentified 45-year-old man – who appears to be looking at his phone – standing at the edge of the track at 18th Street. station.

The clip is somewhat graphic… it shows a hooded person walking behind the victim, before spinning around and pushing him in front of the train. The train then runs over the man.

There were other people in the station when this happened… and video shows them running from the scene, away from the hooded person.

We’re told one person is in custody, although no specific charges have been revealed yet. The victim is in critical condition.

Police say this was a random attack… and the platform was closed and evacuated while the investigation continued.

This isn’t the first crime of its kind around New York subway stations… and it follows a particularly gruesome incident involving a 61-year-old. Debrina Kawam from Toms River, New Jersey, which was reportedly set on fire by a man.

A suspect, Sebastian Zapetahas been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder.

In fact, crime has gotten so bad recently that volunteer vigilantes the Guardian Angels – who came to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s – have resumed patrols of New York’s subways, donning their trademark red berets and jackets put on again.