Construction Worker Loses Leg in Mt. Eden Subway Push

January 30, 2017 2:01 PM·

The B and D Subway Line was shutdown for several hours after construction worker Luis Henriquez was shoved in front of a moving train. Photo by David Greene

by David Greene

A construction worker heading to work in Brooklyn was pushed in front of a speeding D-Train and thanks to surveillance video that captured the suspect fleeing the area, the individual is now in police custody.

Officers were frantically called by fellow strap-hangers to the East 170 Street subway station on the Grand Concourse, after a violent dispute led to the victim being pushed in front of the southbound train at 6:43 a.m. on Wednesday, January 25.

Police would later track down and arrest Kingsbridge resident Alberto Pena, 34, who faces an attempted murder charge.–Photo by David Greene

According to officials, the 43 year-old male victim was pushed by his assailant from the southbound platform where he fell to the road-bed, when his leg was struck by the incoming D-Train.

Two paramedics arriving at the scene put a tourniquet around the man’s leg to stop the bleeding and got him back to the platform. The victim was reported to be in stable condition at Lincoln Hospital.

One official stated at the time, “The victim was subsequently struck by an incoming D-train, injuring his left foot.”

The “injury” left construction worker Luis Henriquez, 43, with a crushed leg that had to be amputated, inches above his ankle.

A photo taken from surveillance video of the suspect as he allegedly fled down Sheridan Avenue. — Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Officers patrolling the 44th Precinct at that time were reported to be looking for a dark skinned male wearing white and black Adidas sneakers, a green skull cap and green jacket.

Unable to catch a train, a crowd waits for a bus at Grand Concourse and East 170 Street. Photo by David Greene

Officers never spotted him, but less than 24-hours later the NYPD released a video of the suspect as he allegedly fled southbound along Sheridan Avenue from East 169 Street, ironically in the same direction as the criminal court building.

Within hours of the tapes release, police captured Alberto Pena, 34, of 2524 Creston Avenue, and he was questioned and later charged with attempted murder and three counts of assault.

One unconfirmed report stated the suspect had jumped the turnstile moments before the incident. Moments later the suspect fled the subway system.