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Officials bring an individual out of the Newport PATH station on April 26, 2013.

(Joe Shine)

A young woman jumped in front of a PATH train at the Newport station in Jersey City this morning, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

An official on the scene who asked not to be identified said the woman was "pretty banged up." Authorities are barring anyone from entering the station, and an official on the scene said the station will be closed "for hours."

Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico said the woman jumped in front of the PATH train at about 11:30 a.m. She's alive and was alert when she was taken out of the station on a stretcher, Marsico said.

Robert Luckritz, director of EMS at the Jersey City Medical Center, said the woman is in critical condition.

“We’re optimistic about her condition. We believe she’s going to pull through,” Luckritz said.

Luckritz said the call about the woman came in at about 11:45 a.m. When EMS arrived on the scene, authorities were extricating her from the tracks.

The woman was lodged between a PATH train and the far wall across from the platform.

She was conscious but not responding to commands when taken away from the scene, according to Luckritz.

PATH service was initially suspended after the incident. The Newark-World Trade Center line is now running uninterrupted while trains are running between Hoboken and 33rd Street in Manhattan, according to Marsico.