A 61-year-old straphanger was stabbed in the head by a screwdriver-wielding maniac in a random attack onboard a Manhattan subway Thursday night, police and law enforcement sources said.
The man was randomly stabbed with the tool twice – in the head and face – while seated on a southbound 1 train around 9:40 p.m. at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle subway station, authorities said.
The victim was taken to Mount Sinai West and is in stable condition.
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Photos show he was able to walk from the scene under his own power with a bandage wrapped around his head.
No arrest has been made as cops search for a man who fled the station, police said.
There is an NYPD transit bureau district at the Columbus Circle station.