The lunatic accused of randomly shoving a Big Apple straphanger onto Manhattan subway tracks Tuesday afternoon was charged with attempted murder, cops said. Kamel Hawkins, 23, was also charged with assault after he allegedly pushed a complete stranger onto the tracks at the 18th Street station shortly after 1:30 p.

The suspect ran away but authorities said they had a man in custody who was being questioned. A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police.

A person was pushed onto subway tracks in New York City Tuesday afternoon, police said. The incident happened at the 18th Street station in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood around 1:40 p.m., according to the NYPD.