MTA Police Seeking Public’s Help Identifying Man Fatally Struck By LIRR Train MTA Police Seeking Public’s Help Identifying Man Fatally Struck By LIRR Train
MTA Police Seeking Public’s Help Identifying Man Fatally Struck By Lirr Train The MTA Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a man struck and killed by a train on Long Island last summer. The incident began around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, July 7, 2019, when the man entered the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station, said the MTA Police. According to police, the man can then be seen on video surveillance riding up the escalator at the LIRR station.  A few minutes later, at 12:48 a.m., the man was seen fatally stepping onto the tracks west of the station’s platform, where he was struck by LIRR Train 6000. No foul play is suspected, police said.  The m…
Bomb Squad Called In For Suspicious Packages At Metro-North Station In Westchester Bomb Squad Called In For Suspicious Packages At Metro-North Station In Westchester
Bomb Squad Called In For Suspicious Packages At Metro-North Station In Westchester Click here for an updated story: Suspicious Packages Left Behind By Vendor At Metro-North Station In Westchester Commuters received a scare when police were called to the platform of a Metro-North station in Westchester following reports of a suspicious package. First responders were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 to the Metro-North station in New Rochelle where there were reports of multiple suspicious packages in the area. Police cordoned off the area temporarily as they investigated the incident. According to an MTA spokesperson, the Westchester County Police…
Duo Nabbed For Stealing Cell Phones From Verizon Store In Northern Westchester, Police Say Duo Nabbed For Stealing Cell Phones From Verizon Store In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Duo Nabbed For Stealing Cell Phones From Verizon Store In Northern Westchester, Police Say Two men drove the wrong way on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Northern Westchester before fleeing on foot in an attempt to evade police following an alleged cell phone theft, investigators said. Officers from the Bedford Police Department were dispatched to the Verizon Wireless location on Bedford Road in Bedford Hills at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, where there was a report of two men who were stealing cell phones from the store. Police said that the suspects fled northbound on Bedford Road in a dark-colored minivan, with a marked Bedford police cruiser behind attempting to st…
LIRR 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay LIRR 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay
Lirr 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay Weeks after the MTA was rocked by reports of overtime pay going off the rails to the tune of more than $400 million, an investigation has been launched after a Long Island Railroad time clock in Queens was tampered with. When workers went to install a new biometric clock at the LIRR Jamaica station to help better monitor when workers clock in and out, to keep track of overtime, they found that the communication line used by the clock had been cut by a suspected saboteur. The cut cord led to an investigation by the MTA Inspector General’s Office and MTA Police Department. No suspect has been…
Metro-North Employees Hailed As Heroes For Helping Save Commuter’s Life Metro-North Employees Hailed As Heroes For Helping Save Commuter’s Life
Metro-North Employees Hailed As Heroes For Helping Save Commuter’s Life Some fast-fast-acting MTA employees helped save the life of a passenger who stopped breathing on a Metro-North train during the heart of the rush hour commute in the Hudson Valley. Nine Metro-North Railroad employees were celebrated for “seamlessly working together to save an unresponsive customer” on board a train heading from Grand Central to Wassaic. Shortly after 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, as the doors was closing on the Dutchess County-bound train, a passenger called out for help when a fellow passenger was lying prone on the train floor, turning blue as he stopped breathing. Acc…
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley A driver was able to escape before a car on the tracks was struck by a train early Sunday afternoon in Rockland County. At about 1:30 p.m., the New Jersey transit train traveling to Spring Valley struck the car at the New Clarkstown Road crossing in Nanuet. The vehicle was sitting in traffic, on the tracks, when the railroad crossing gates began to come down as the train was approaching the crossing, Clarkstown Police said. The railroad crossing gates blocked the driver's ability to get off the tracks, but the driver was able to exit the vehicle without injury, according to police. The fe…