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Accidental Subway Stroller Bump Escalates Quickly
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Miranda Katz
Published Jan 5, 2016
Modified Jan 5, 2016
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An altercation in an Upper West Side subway station led to two arrests on Sunday night, when a 73-year-old man allegedly bumped into a toddler's stroller and was punched in the face by the 1-year-old's father.
At 8:00 p.m., Lenin Cancel, 44, was exiting the 1 train at 72nd and Broadway with his wife and son when Kurt Nachum jostled the stroller, police say. The collision caused the 1-year-old's head to hit the frame of the stroller, giving him a bruise across the left side of his face. In retaliation, Cancel punched Nachum in the face, causing a laceration, and again in the chest, according to the criminal complaint filed with the Manhattan District Attorney.
Cancel was charged with two counts of assault in the third degree, as well as attempted assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree. Nachum was charged with assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17 years old, but his charges were dropped, according to the Daily News, which also reports that Cancel was held on a $1,500 bond or $3,000 cash bail.
Cancel's mother, who learned about the incident from his wife, objected to the lack of action taken by the DA against Nachum.
"She said that the man pushed the stroller so hard that he bumped his eye, he bruised his eye and went to the hospital," she told the tabloid. "I don’t understand how they press charges against my son and not against the man, I honestly don’t. He injured a child. And if my son struck him, he was defending his family...That was his child. Any reasonable human being would have done the same."
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