Crime & Safety
Woman Killed By NJ Transit Train In Bergen County Wednesday
A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train early Wednesday morning, the agency said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train in Bergen County early Wednesday morning, according to the transit agency.
The woman was struck around 1 a.m. just west of Rutherford Station by a train heading from Hoboken to Port Jervis, N.Y., a spokesperson said. The Port Jervis Line train had left Hoboken around 12:39 a.m.
There were no reported injuries to the 22 customers or crew on board, the spokesperson said.
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The strike occured near Paterson Avenue, the spokesperson said, which is near the Carlstadt border.
The transit agency sent an alert saying the train, due at Port Jervis at 3:15 a.m., was canceled. Trains were back on schedule in the morning.
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NJ Transit police are leading the investigation, the agency said.
No other information was available Wednesday morning. Patch will update the story if more details are released.
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