Lady arrested after ‘final day on Earth’ Metro-North practice menace – NBC New York
A scare aboard a Metro-North practice despatched police racing to Grand Central Terminal and putting a girl below arrest for allegedly threatening different riders.
MTA police responded round 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to an incident aboard the 7:12 a.m. practice from New Canaan heading to the Manhattan transit hub. Because the practice approached Observe 110 on the decrease degree of Grand Central, a girl began having what MTA police described as an “emotional disaster.”
One other passenger on the practice informed regulation enforcement that the girl mentioned “this can be your final day on Earth.” Instantly after seeing the girl, one other girl aboard the practice pulled an emergency twine, police mentioned, forcing the practice to return to a halt about 100 yards from the platform.
Round 60 passengers bought off the practice at that time. After studying that some passengers had gotten off the practice, Metro-North de-energized the third rail and suspended all practice service to Grand Central’s decrease degree. Officers and practice crew members escorted these on the tracks to the platform.
Energy was restored as soon as all of the passengers had been off the tracks, about 20 minutes after the incident started, the MTA mentioned, and the remainder of the passengers nonetheless on the practice had been taken to the platform.
The lady, recognized as Hannah Santero, was arrested and charged with making a terroristic menace and a menace of mass hurt. Legal professional info for the 33-year-old from Elmhurst was not instantly obtainable.
No weapons had been discovered on the scene, and no accidents had been reported.
Trains on the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven traces all skilled delays because of the incident, however had been working on or near schedule by noon.
