A younger mom and her child have been blasted of their faces with an unknown substance whereas driving an M train in Queens by a stranger apparently irate that the lady earlier had refused to let him borrow her cellphone, police stated.

The 25-year-old lady and her 11-month-old daughter have been sitting on a southbound M prepare round 11 a.m. when an unidentified man stomped as much as them and sprayed the lady within the face and arm with one thing because the prepare approached the Court Square-23rd St. station, in accordance with police. A few of the substance additionally hit the newborn woman in her face and arm.

Afterward the suspect ran off the prepare on the station.

EMS took mother and daughter to Mount Sinai Queens hospital the place they have been in steady situation.

The girl instructed police that earlier than she boarded the prepare a couple of stops north, the suspect had approached her and requested if he might use her cellphone. After she declined, they’d no additional interplay till he sprayed her on the prepare — apparently having adopted her there from the station.

Police are investigating. To date nobody has been arrested.