Operator dies, passengers injured as New Jersey train hits tree chunk
MANSFIELD, New Jersey: A train operator was killed and 23 passengers injured when a New Jersey Transit commuter train collided with a chuck of a tree left on the railway track on October 14.
New Jersey Transit stated that the mishap occurred shortly after 6 a.m. just north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. Television news video showed a large piece of the tree under the front of the train.
Of the 42 passengers aboard the River Line train, 23 were treated for minor injuries. Authorities were working to determine how the tree ended up on the tracks.
Following the accident, River Line service was suspended in both directions between the Roebling and Trenton train stations, and sections of some nearby roads, including U.S. Highway 130, closed as authorities investigated.
MANSFIELD, New Jersey: A train operator was killed and 23 passengers injured when a New Jersey Transit commuter train collided with a chuck of a tree left on the railway track on October 14.
New Jersey Transit stated that the mishap occurred shortly after 6 a.m. just north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. Television news video showed a large piece of the tree under the front of the train.
Of the 42 passengers aboard the River Line train, 23 were treated for minor injuries. Authorities were working to determine how the tree ended up on the tracks.
Following the accident, River Line service was suspended in both directions between the Roebling and Trenton train stations, and sections of some nearby roads, including U.S. Highway 130, closed as authorities investigated.
