Crime & Safety
Woman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train On Christmas Eve, Officials Say
The 76-year-old Pleasantville woman was struck by a train on the Atlantic City Rail Line the evening of Christmas Eve, officials said.
ABSECON, NJ — A Pleasantville woman was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train headed to Philadelphia on Christmas Eve, authorities said.
The train on the Atlantic City Rail Line struck the 76-year-old "female trespasser" just after 7 p.m. on Dec. 24 near Absecon, a NJ Transit spokesperson told Patch.
None of the 30 passengers and crew on board the train were injured.
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Service on the Atlantic City line was temporarily suspended but has since resumed. Customers were accommodated by cross-honoring with NJ TRANSIT bus and PATCO.
New Jersey Transit Police are investigating.
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