Subway sicko shove's random commuter into NYC train path

Kamel Hawkins, 23, was also charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly pushed a complete stranger onto the tracks at the 18th Street station shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to police.

The terrifying ordeal, which was captured on chilling video footage obtained by The Post, showed the hooded brute roaming the edge of the platform while the victim appeared to be looking at his phone as the train pulled into the station.

The victim, an unidentified 45-year-old man, was struck by an incoming 1 train and miraculously survived the harrowing afternoon assault with just a head injury, cops said. (*It has been reported that the straphanger is in critical condition)

“He’s alive! He’s alive!” one relieved bystander can be heard shouting as firefighters worked to pull the injured man from between subway cars, the footage showed.

Hawkins, who has had several run-ins with the NYPD in the past, was busted hours later above ground near Columbus Circle, cops said.

The accused shover was charged with assault in June 2019 after slamming a cop to the ground on Flushing Avenue when the officer spotted him acting disorderly, leaving the cop with a back injury.

Hawkins also has an open case in Brooklyn on assault, harassment and weapons possession charges for an incident on Oct. 12.
Sources said he was released without bail in another case in 2020 despite prosecutors asking he be held, though it remains unclear what the charges were in that case.

NYPD stats show that over the past 28 days alone there were 50 felony assaults reported in the system, a jump of about 40% over the same period last year.

The recent subway arson slaying brought the number of murders in the city subway system to 10 this year — double the number of murders in 2023 and matching a 25-year high reached in 2022, city statistics show.

Those numbers are in contrast to a lengthy stretch between 1997 and 2019 that never saw more than five transit slayings.

As of Sunday, there were 573 felony assaults in the system so far this year, matching the 572 over the same period last year.

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