A man was critically injured on Tuesday afternoon after being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The 45-year-old victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition following the incident that occurred at the 18th Street station on the No. 1 subway line.
Authorities took a person of interest into custody shortly after the incident, which took place just over a mile away from the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. The names of the injured man and the individual in custody have not been released by the police.
