Woman Pushed by Homeless Man at Metro-North Station, Gets Hit by Train: Officials

A woman in her 20s was hit by a Metro-North train after she was pushed by a homeless man on the platform and fell onto the tracks Wednesday morning, the MTA said.

The woman was standing on the platform at the White Plains station when the 39-year-old man pushed her and she fell onto the tracks, spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said.

She was hit by an empty northbound train that was heading to a train yard.

She was taken to Westchester Medical Center and the man was arrested at the scene. Her condition was not immediately known.

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