Overview
- The confrontation began as a verbal dispute around 6:46 p.m. on Feb. 17 and escalated on the Back Bay platform, according to MBTA Transit Police.
- Officials say several juveniles tried to strike and kick the 27-year-old before a kick propelled him backward into a train that was pulling out of the station.
- The victim suffered a forehead laceration, was conscious and alert, and received aid from EMS, a transit officer, and bystanders including a nurse.
- Police say the youths fled after the assault; witnesses reported teens scattering, some boarding the departing train, and one said the victim’s phone was thrown onto the tracks.
- A nurse witness said two teenagers later told an arriving officer they acted in self-defense, and riders described seeing unruly teen groups on the Orange Line.