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A man was pushed onto the subway tracks by a stranger in Columbus Circle Thursday morning — but got back onto the platform with the help of a good Samaritan, police said.

Raphael Mejias, 25, told cops he was standing on the south bound D train platform at the 59th Street station around 5:40 a.m. when a man he didn’t know pushed him from behind, according to police. He told cops that no words were exchanged.

“He was able to get back up onto the platform with the help of a good Samaritan,” a police spokesman said.

Mejias was taken to Mount Sinai West hospital with pain to the right leg and his rib area, cops said.

The man who pushed him was described as standing about 6 feet tall and wearing a gray sweat suit.

There were no arrests.

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