BY ALICIA CRUZ
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
A crowd of subway riders tried to help a woman who jumped into the subway tracks to retrieve a gym bag she dropped, but then watched in horror as the train bore down on the woman who seemed frozen with fear.
The 3:15 p.m. northbound No. 6 train crushed Rose Mary Mankos, 48, as it entered the 77th Street Station Friday. The horrified train operator sounded his horn eight times and attempted to brake, but there just wasn't enough time.
Alfonso McGruder of the Bronx who witnessed the tragic accident said, "She tried to go under the platform because the train was bearing down on her. Then she tried to climb onto the platform, but she couldn't do that. Then she just froze."
"I think she just went into shock knowing that the train was seconds from hitting her. It looked like she just gave up," said McGruder.
A Camden County man was sentenced to state prison Friday for directing the activities of drug dealers for the Nine Trey Headbustas set of the Bloods gang.
The former owner of two Passaic County nail salons was sentenced Friday for offering money to an undercover investigator in order to obtain a false inspection report after multiple violations were fou...
