UNIVERSITY CITY - Philadelphia police are investigating a sexual assault and a stabbing just hours apart on two different SEPTA trains.Sunday, about 4:30 in the afternoon, SEPTA confirms a passenger was stabbed at the 34th Street subway station, in University City, prompting the Market-Frankford line to bypass the stop on Drexel University’s campus, alarming students.Police raced the victim to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
Officials say the victim did not suffer life-threatening injuries.MORE HEADLINES:The 34th Street Station was shutdown as police investigated the incident.
Service returned to normal about 5:30.Meanwhile, sources tell FOX 29's Steve Keeley a woman told Philadelphia SVU she was raped on a SEPTA train on the Broad Street Line, between the Erie and Girard Stations, Sunday afternoon.
Police are investigating.It’s one in a string of violent incidents on SEPTA recently, including another person stabbed inside Suburban Station at 15th and Market Saturday and a man pushed onto the train tracks at 30th Street Station last week.RELATED HEADLINES:SEPTA says it will be talking about ongoing safety and security issues when transit leaders testify regarding their annual budget in May.AdvertisementSafety while riding SEPTA has been called into question dating back almost a year, due to an increase in violent crimes allegedly taking place while trains are operating.