As a woman appeared in court Monday to face charges in an attack on a 61-year-old woman at Boston’s North Station, the victim just wants to know why it happened.
Rubiela Oritz Montoya of Revere, Massachusetts, said she was heading to an appointment on Thursday afternoon when she was pushed onto the train tracks, knocking her unconscious.
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A woman she says she never met, 50-year-old Boston resident Nyleamah Kinsey, faced a judge Monday. She is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or over and disorderly conduct.
MBTA Transit Police arrested Kinsey Friday, saying surveillance footage shows her pushing Ortiz Montoya onto the tracks.
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NBC10 Boston Rubiela Oritz Montoya shows her injuries
Speaking inside her Revere home on Monday, Ortiz Montoya said she only remembers waking up in the back of an ambulance and being treated for a head wound and arm and shoulder injury at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Transit police initially said they were looking for an unknown male on Thursday. Kinsey’s attorney pointed to this in court Monday, telling a judge that this was a case of mistaken identity, and that his client was nowhere near North Station at the time of the attack.
Kinsey was ordered held on $15,000 cash bond, with her next court appearance scheduled for early next month.
Ortiz Montoya saying she is still in pain and confused why someone would attack her so violently.
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