Jersey City man beaten and stripped on pedestrian bridge above PATH tracks

By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal
March 23, 2010, 6:30AM

A Jersey City man was found stripped and bleeding from his head on the pedestrian bridge spanning the PATH tracks in the Marion section Saturday, officials said.

Police responded to the bridge at the foot of Newark Avenue at 7:49 a.m. and found the 41-year-old Newark Avenue man, reports said.

The victim's belongings were strewn at the foot bridge and his pants and bag were found on the tracks below, reports said.
The victim was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center by ambulance.

When interviewed by police at the hospital, the victim said he thought he was hit over the head but could not provide further information, reports said.

Anyone with information about the assault is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.