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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Surveillance footage showed Cruz, wearing a backpack, attempted several times to jump over the barrier but fails at first because he can’t get his feet high enough. A subsequent attempt leads to Cruz stumbling head-first onto the hard ground in front of the barrier, where his neck was broken on impact.
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NYC subway fare dodger, 28, smashes his head and dies while trying to jump barriers at Queens station
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Cruz was declared dead at the scene, police said.
