Video shows moment when man fatally breaks neck while jumping subway turnstile

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Horrifying footage shows the moment a New York man attempted to jump over a subway turnstile and ended up falling and breaking his neck fatally.

Christopher De La Cruz, 28, was pronounced dead after falling head-first onto the ground while trying to jump over a subway turnstile without paying at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue train station in Queens at about 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, police said.

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