An MTA conductor was stabbed four times Sunday in an unprovoked attack at a subway station in the Bronx, police said.
The 33-year-old was on the platform when he was stabbed in the abdomen and shoulder at around 10:40 a.m. at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station on the Manhattan-bound 4 train side, according to authorities.
The worker was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he is in serious but stable condition, authorities said. His 20-year-old attacker, who appeared emotionally disturbed, was taken into custody and charges were pending, cops said.
The conductor and one other MTA worker held down the 20-year-old until police arrived, according to Paul Navarro, director of subway safety with TWU local 100.
“He stabbed (the MTA worker) four times and he still held the guy down. That’s amazing,” Navarro said.
The worker is in good spirits and asking not to be identified, he said.
“His family is in church and he wants to call them when they get out and notify them himself,” Navarro said. “He’s doing extremely well despite being stabbed four times.”
The suspect was “acting crazy – swearing, spitting,” according to one worker who did not give his name. “I think he was high or something,” the worker told The Post.
“I am appalled and outraged by this unprovoked attack on our conductor, a dedicated Transit employee who was just doing his job, trying to help keep NYC moving,” NYC Transit President Andy Byford said.
Assaulting a transit worker is a D felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.