A packed A train had to be evacuated in the heart of the morning rush hour on Monday because of a nasty fight between two women that led to one pepper-spraying the other, police sources said.
The argument began shortly before 9:30 a.m. on the Manhattan-bound express at the Howard Beach station on 159th Avenue near 103rd Street in Queens.
As the fight heated up, one woman sprayed the substance in the victim’s face, authorities said. All the riders were then evacuated from the train, according to police.
“Anytime there is Mace or pepper spray in an enclosed area like that, you have to remove people from the immediate location,” a police source said.
The two women were taken to Jamaica Hospital for minor injuries, and neither had been charged yet, cops said.
Twelve other riders said they were affected by the pepper spray, and one was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.