By CHRIS GLORIOSO PIX News

11:54 p.m. EST, March 10, 2010
Jersey City, NJ—
A lead-footed mom lost control and drove her daughter over a 50-foot cliff, landing her sedan on the tracks of New Jersey's PATH commuter train, Wednesday.

The early morning accident left 38-year-old Tessie Agsaoay's Chrysler resting on it's roof, feet away from the path of oncoming train traffic. Fortunately, no trains were bearing down on the flipped car once it landed near the electrified rail.

"I heard a banging sound and then I turned around," said Charlie Mani, a neighbor who called 911. "I saw she banged the backside of a car. Suddenly I saw the car was going very fast. All I was thinking was she was scared. She hit the car and she was trying to run away."

Police are still investigating, but Agsaoay told investigators it was an accident.

"It just looks like it was driver error," said Stan Eason, a spokesman for Jersey City Police. Apparently the driver thought the car was in reverse and it went forward."

The accident unfolded around 7:30 am. Police say Agsaoay was at the wheel taking her 14-year-old daughter, Jessica Zuniga to school. When the mother hit the accelerator, the vehicle lurched forward, crashing through a protective fence and taking a terrifying tumble down a 50 foot embankment.

A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said PATH service between Newark and the World Trade Center was halted for an hour and a half. By 10 in the morning, a train-mounted crane hoisted the vehicle from the tracks and service resumed.

Neighbors were amazed the crash didn't leave Agsaoay and her daughter more seriously injured. "They're very, very lucky to be alive because if there was a train coming at that particular time, that would have been the end of them," said neighbor Maryann Latorasa. The 38-year-old mom reportedly suffered a broken leg and possible concussion. Her daughter suffered a broken ankle.

One neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, sheepishly admitted she's careful to step out of the street when Agsaoay get's behind the wheel.

"She's not the best driver ... obviously."