BURLINGTON, N.J. (AP) — A woman who allegedly threw a 5-year-old girl onto the tracks as a train was approaching has been charged with attempted murder.
Burlington police went to the light rail platform around 8:30 p.m. Friday after a New Jersey Transit bus driver told authorities that he saw a woman acting suspiciously in the area.
As officers waked onto the platform to approach 20-year-old Autumn Matacchiera, the Hainesport woman allegedly grabbed the girl — who was standing with her mother and the mother's boyfriend — and threw her onto the tracks.
The boyfriend quickly got the girl to safety as police jumped in front of the train to signal it to stop. Matacchiera was soon subdued and taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
The child was treated at a hospital for a facial cut and some bruising.
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