A scare aboard a Metro-North prepare despatched police racing to Grand Central Terminal and putting a girl underneath arrest for allegedly threatening different riders.
MTA police responded round 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to an incident aboard the 7:12 a.m. prepare from New Canaan heading to the Manhattan transit hub. Because the prepare approached Monitor 110 on the decrease stage of Grand Central, a girl began having what MTA police described as an “emotional disaster.”
One other passenger on the prepare advised regulation enforcement that the lady mentioned “this shall be your final day on Earth.” Instantly after seeing the lady, one other girl aboard the prepare pulled an emergency wire, police mentioned, forcing the prepare to return to a halt about 100 yards from the platform.
Round 60 passengers bought off the prepare at that time. After studying that some passengers had gotten off the prepare, Metro-North de-energized the third rail and suspended all prepare service to Grand Central’s decrease stage. Officers and prepare crew members escorted these on the tracks to the platform.
Energy was restored as soon as all of the passengers have been off the tracks, about 20 minutes after the incident started, the MTA mentioned, and the remainder of the passengers nonetheless on the prepare have 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. Lawyer data for the 33-year-old from Elmhurst was not instantly obtainable.
No weapons have been discovered on the scene, and no accidents have been reported.
Trains on the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven traces all skilled delays on account of the incident, however have been working on or near schedule by noon.
