MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ – The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Neptune on Monday morning has been identified. According to NJ.com, Stephen B. Mangold was hit at the crossing near 11th Avenue and Main Street at about 11:50 a.m. The victim was a 54-year-old resident of Bardonia in… Read more »
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Neptune Township late on Monday morning, according to NJ.com. The accident happened at the tracks near 11th Avenue and Main Street at about 11:50 a.m. A man was struck by a train on the North Jersey Coast line… Read more »
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – A New Jersey Transit train struck and killed a woman in Middlesex County on Tuesday evening, according to Nj.com. The pedestrian was struck to the west of Metuchen Station at about 6:50 by a train on the Northwest Corridor line. The train had left Penn Station in New York at 6:12… Read more »
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ – A woman was injured when she drove under a railroad crossing gate and was hit by a New Jersey Transit train in Garfield on Tuesday. According to Nj.com, the woman drove her vehicle under the crossing gate at Outwater Lane at about 5:30 p.m. The woman was struck by an out-of-service… Read more »
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A Piscataway High School student is facing multiple charges in the aftermath of a previously-reported train accident last month in Middlesex County. The collision happened near the intersection of Tyler Place and New Brunswick Avenue on November 19, after the teenage boy drove into the pathway of a freight train, despite the… Read more »
NEWARK, NJ – Newark firefighters were called to the scene of a train fire in the East Ward section of the city over the weekend, according to RLS Media. There were apparently no passengers aboard the “special train” headed for Morrisville Rail Yard when the engine caught fire at about 10 p.m. The train was… Read more »
NEWARK, NJ – A pedestrian died after a New Jersey Transit train struck the man near the Broad Street Station in Newark on Tuesday morning. According to Daily Voice, the Morris and Essex line train was out of Montclair State University and bound for Hoboken at 8 a.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead following the… Read more »
JERSEY CITY, NJ – a New Jersey Transit light-rail train struck and killed a pedestrian in Jersey City near midnight on Monday morning, according to Daily Voice. A train on the Hudson Bergen light rail line struck a person on the tracks near the Danforth Avenue Station at about midnight on Monday morning. The accident… Read more »
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Service was suspended in the two counties after a New Jersey Transit train derailed in Perth Amboy early on Tuesday morning. According to RLS Media, cars on a New Jersey Coastline train derailed in Perth Amboy at about 12:20 a.m. The train was out of Long Branch and due to arrive… Read more »
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – The victims of the car versus train accident last Thursday night in Piscataway have been identified as local high school students. According to RLS Media, the accident happened on the tracks near New Brunswick Avenue and Tyler Place. The vehicle apparently drove through the crossing and was struck by the Conrail… Read more »
