Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Train Identified as Somerset County Resident: Police

The pedestrian stuck by a train in Manville on Thursday has been identified.

The pedestrian stuck by a train in Manville on Thursday has been identified as 22-year-old Manville resident Devin J. Burke.

“Yesterday at approximately 6:15 a.m. a train conductor operating a westbound train reported to authorities that he observed what appeared to be a deceased human body on the train tracks, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

“At 6:20 a.m. responding Manville Police Officers subsequently located the body of a deceased male on the train tracks in the vicinity of 600 Washington Avenue.”

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