Woman stabbed in SEPTA elevator

A woman had a scary elevator ride at a SEPTA train station in Kensington early Saturday when a man tried to rob her at knifepoint, police said.

At about 1:30 a.m., the 30-year-old woman was in an elevator at the Huntingdon Station, 2600 Kensington Ave., at the Market-Frankford Line when the man got into the elevator with her, police said.

The man pulled out what looked like a kitchen knife and said, "Give me the money," then stabbed the victim in the left shoulder and left leg as he tried to fleece her pockets, said Officer Tanya Little, a police spokeswoman.

The woman fell to the floor but was able to crawl out of the elevator when it stopped and screamed for help. She was treated at Temple University Hospital's Episcopal Campus for stab wounds and was listed in stable condition.

The robber fled on foot without taking anything from the woman, Little said. He is described as a black man in his upper 30s, about 5-foot-8, medium build, with a light beard and wearing a dark jacket, black pants and a gray skullcap.

- Julie Shaw