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NEW YORK — The woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train became violent at a hospital Monday, assaulting a correction officer after she saw herself on the television news, a Department of Corrections spokesman said.
Erika Menendez, 31, was inside the emergency room at Elmhurst Hospital Center waiting to undergo a psychiatric evaluation when she saw herself on the news and became agitated, the New York Times first reported.
She lashed out at the female correction officer who was with her and pulled the officer’s hair, hitting her face in the process, the newspaper reported.
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