Man sought after TTC rider assaulted, knocked onto subway tracks

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The hunt is on for a man who attacked a TTC rider, sending the victim tumbling from a subway platform down onto the train tracks on Tuesday.

Toronto Police say officers responded to an assault call at Davisville Subway Station — located at Yonge St. and Davisville Ave. – around 3 p.m.

The victim and assailant were both on board a train as it arrived at the subway station, Const. Stephanie Miceli said in a statement released Wednesday.

She said the attacker followed the victim off the train onto the platform, then assaulted the 50-year-old man.

“The victim fell off the platform onto the adjacent subway tracks and struck their head,” Miceli said, adding the assailant then “re-boarded the subway car and fled the area on the departing train.”

The victim suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital, but his injury was not considered life-threatening.

The assailant and victim were not known to one another, Miceli said.

Investigators have released security camera images of a suspect hoping members of the public can help identify and locate him.

The suspect is described as 20 to 30 years old with short black hair. He was last seen wearing a black golf shirt, black pants and white Nike shoes. He was carrying a black backpack and had a scooter.

Anyone with information regarding the suspect’s identity or whereabouts is urged to call police at 416-808-5300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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