Subway rider stabbed on train in Queens

NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Police in New York City are hunting for a man who is accused of stabbing another passenger on a subway train.

The NYPD says it happened about 5 p.m. on Wednesday inside the subway train station located at Queens Boulevard and 75 Avenue, while aboard the Queens bound "F" train.

A 49-year-old man got into a verbal dispute with the man who pulled a knife and stabbed him in the chest and leg with a knife before getting off the train and running out of the 75 Avenue Subway Station.

EMS responded to the station and took the victim to Jamaica Hospital, where he was treated and released.

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Police say the man they are looking for is black, approximately 45-years-old, 6', 220 lbs., with brown eyes, dark complexion, medium build and a grey beard. He was last seen wearing black pants, a grey sweatshirt, black sneakers and a tan cap.

Police released photos obtained from a witness.  They ask that anyone with information call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.  They say that all calls are strictly confidential.