
When police officers and EMS personnel arrived, they pronounced Cruz dead at the scene. Immediately afterward, Cruz was seen lying motionless between the two turnstiles in the video. He slammed down onto his head, breaking his neck, police said. On the last try, the 28-year-old can be seen raising himself up, but he lost his balance and flipped over the barrier. However, he fell and appeared to have dropped his cellphone.Ĭruz then stumbled back before continually trying to jump over another turnstile. attempting to leap over a turnstile after he entered the subway station. The surveillance showed Cruz, who was sporting a backpack, at about 6:45 a.m.


A 28-year-old man has passed away after attempting to jump a subway turnstile in New York.Īccording to the New York Post, a video surfaced of the moment Christopher De La Cruz landed on his head and broke his neck at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue train station in Queens on Sunday (Jan.
