A woman was brutally attacked at a Los Angeles subway station in Pasadena where a man tried to throw her into oncoming traffic on the freeway, video shows.
Video of the eventwhich was posted on social media, shows the woman being punched and stomped on, then dragged into a freeway lane as cars rush by.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau responded around 5:43 a.m. on Aug. 7 to a report of an assault at the Allen Metro Station, according to a news release.
Deputies found the woman on the platform, where she said she had been assaulted unprovoked, authorities said.
The woman, who was not identified, was punched several times and fell to the ground, where she was assaulted further, video of the incident showed. The man pushed the woman onto the tracks and dragged her over the highway divider and into a lane of the 210 Freeway.
The woman escaped and returned to the platform; she was hospitalized in stable condition.
One suspect, Juan Pablo Flores, 33, was arrested near Allen Avenue and Villa Street officials said. He was charged with two felonies, one count of attempted murder and one count of mayhem, according to the LA County District Attorney’s Office.
“No one should have to endure such brutality, and everyone deserves to go about their day without fear for their safety,” Dist. Atty. George Gascón said in the release. “We will not tolerate violence on our transit system and will continue to hold those responsible fully accountable for their actions.”
Flores is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 27 in Pasadena. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.