Woman sues Long Island Railroad after being thrown from moving train [Video]

LONG ISLAND – A woman sued the Long Island Railroad after claiming they failed to protect her from a man who threw her off a train.

A staple can still be seen on Jennifer Summers’ scalp after she says a belligerent passenger pulled an emergency handle to open the LIRR doors and then pushed her from a moving car on her way home from work in July.

“We realized when the train came to a stop at one point it didn’t completely line up with the platform, so we walked up a car,” she said. “Within a split second his hands were around my elbows, and he pushed me off the train,” Summers said.

The 39-year-old says the man, who MTA police identify as Eustaquio Santana, is facing charges including assault.

“He proceeded to tell everybody if you wanted to get off at Brentwood you had to jump off,” Summers said. “There was …