A homeless man who shoved a girl in entrance of a practice because it barreled into the Union Sq. station was sentenced to eight years in jail Thursday for the unprovoked assault, prosecutors mentioned.
Aditya Vemulapati, 26, who pleaded responsible to tried homicide in June, will even should serve 5 years of post-release supervision as a part of his sentence, the Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned in a press release.
Vemulapati randomly shoved 40-year-old Liliana Sagbaicela in entrance of a No. 4 practice because it arrived at Union Sq. at about 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 19, 2020.
Miraculously, Sagbaicela survived the assault after she landed on the observe mattress and numerous practice vehicles handed over her, police mentioned on the time.
“She fell, thankfully for her, between the row mattress and the rails,” then-Transit Chief Kathleen O’Reilly mentioned after the assault. “Very minor accidents however for the grace of God.”
After the the assault, Sagbaicela instructed 1010 WINS she seen footage of the shove – and understood how fortunate she was to be alive.
“I noticed within the video, the person — oh my, God, I can’t consider it,” Sagbaicela instructed the radio station. “Is that this taking place? Now I perceive why all people and the police say to me, ‘You're alive for the miracles. You're a miracle.”
Vemulapati was arrested moments after the incident and has been in jail since.
“At present’s sentence makes clear that we are going to maintain accountable those that trigger hurt in our subway system,” District Legal professional Alvin Bragg mentioned in a press release Thursday.
“We'll stay centered on those that hurt straphangers simply attempting to commute to house or to work.”
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