UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A manhunt is underway for a suspect who punched and cut a man in the face aboard a subway train in Manhattan on Thursday.
Police say two men got into an argument aboard a 6 train at East 77th Street and Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side around 5:45 p.m.
A 55-year-old man got into a fight with an unidentified man, who punched him several times in the head and used an unknown object to cut the victim in the face.
The victim was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where he is expected to survive.
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The suspect, last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, fled the station in an unknown direction.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
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