Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Person Struck, Killed By Train In Jersey City
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Jersey City overnight Sunday. The Hudson Bergen Light Rail train struck the trespasser around 12 a.m., west of the Danforth Avenue station, authorities said. The individual's age and gender were under investigation as of Monday morning, NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. Service was temporarily suspended between Danforth Avenue and Richard Street. No one on the train including the two passengers were injured. The incident remains under investigation by NJ Transit police.
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Struck By Train In Montclair Survives With Serious Injuries
A pedestrian was struck by an NJ Transit train Wednesday in Montclair. The man was seriously injured but survived after he was hit by the train near the Upper Montclair station at Bellevue Avenue around 4:35 p.m., NJ Transit spokesman Paul Milo said. Montclair-Boonton Line service was temporarily suspended but resumed with 45-minute delays shortly after. None of the approximately 15 customers and crew members on board the train were injured, Milo said. NJ Transit police are investigating.
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Firefighters Free Driver From Second Vehicle Hit By Train In Hackensack This Month
UPDATE: Hackensack firefighters cut a driver from a vehicle after it was struck by a commuter train Wednesday morning, the second time in nine days that's happened in the city. The 70-year-old driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after her Subaru Forester was struck as it crossed the tracks on Clinton Avenue at Linden Street around 7:50 a.m., police Capt. Darren DeWitt said. She complained of back pain, DeWitt said. The driver "reported there was sun glare, a possible contributing factor," the captain said. The Pas…
Rutherford, NJ
News
Responders: 2 Men On ATV Hit By Train In East Rutherford End Up In Creek
Two Hasbrouck Heights men were injured Sunday afternoon when their ATV was struck by an NJ Transit train in East Rutherford, authorities said. One of the men tumbled into Berry's Creek near the Route 3 bridge and the other went in after him, responders said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, they said. It was unclear what the men, ages 38 and 40, were doing on the tracks when they were struck by the Bergen Line train from Spring Valley to Hoboken around 12:20 p.m. , NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Both recei…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Car Hit By Train, Driver Extricated In Hackensack
Hackensack firefighters cut a driver from her sedan after it was struck by a commuter train Monday morning. The woman was conscious and alert after the NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line train headed from Spring Valley to Hoboken struck and pushed the Hyundai Sonata at Essex Street off East Railroad Avenue at 8:20 a.m., NJ Transit reported. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. No injuries were reported among the 30 people aboard the #1616 train, which left Spring Valley at 7:37 a.m. and was due in Hoboken at 8:50 a.m., NJ Transit said. Service was temporarily suspended in bo…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Female Driver Killed By Philadelphia Bound Train In Atlantic County
A female driver died when an NJ Transit train struck her car in Hammonton Thursday afternoon, officials said. An Atlantic City Rail Line train leaving Atlantic City at 2:40 p.m. struck the vehicle around 3:20 p.m., NJ Transit spokeswoman Kate Thompson said. The train was scheduled to arrive in in Philadelphia at 4:21 p.m., she said. The woman's identity had not been released as of Thursday evening. It was not clear why the woman's car was on the tracks when the crash occurred, and the incident remained under investigation by NJ Transit Police. Service to the…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
Video
: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree
A 70-pound bear cub scooted up a tree Monday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The little gal scooted up the tree at NJ Transit's Radburn train station on Pollitt Drive off Fair Lawn Avenue,, bringing borough police, firefighters, DPW workers and the Office of Emergency Management, as well as NJ Transit police and NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife personnel. "The cub was captured unharmed, medically checked and tagged by NJDEP staff, then placed in a specially equipped truck for transport to a undisclosed location for release into the wild," Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Dozens …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: FedEx Driver Robbed, Police Nab Teaneck Suspect, 31, Who Waded Into Creek Near Route 80
"Give me the package or I'll f*** you up," a shoeless robber from Teaneck told a FedEx driver who was making a delivery in Hackensack on Tuesday, authorities said. What followed was a massive manhunt and a police chase through a muddy creek that ended when police found Newon O. Byfield, 31, behind the nearby Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands. And what was in the package? Marijuana, authorities suspect. The shoeless Byfield approached the driver at a Polifly Road address and threatened him shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. The driver resisted, a struggle follo…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Man's Body Found On Hackettstown Train Tracks
A man's body was found on train tracks in Hackettstown Monday, authorities said. Crew members on a non-revenue train discovered the man's body around 6 a.m. near the Hackettstown Train Station, NJ Transit spokesman Paul Milo said. NJ Transit police were investigating the incident possible train strike, although no NJ Transit trains reported a pedestrian strike. The tracks in which the body was found are shared by other rail companies including Norfolk Southern. Norfolk Southern officials did not receive any reports of a pedestrian strike Monday morning in Hackettstown, according to compa…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Keen-Eyed NJ Transit Officer Nabs Man Wanted For Spitting On Newark Bus Driver
A keen-eyed police officer recognized a man captured on surveillance tapes spitting on an NJ Transit bus driver the day before and subsequently took him into custody, officials said. A bus driver was off of the bus while stopped to pick up passengers at the Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station when a man spit on him, then fled shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, an NJ Transit spokesperson said. NJ Transit Police Officer Peña-Perez scoured the surveillance tapes later that day, and returned spotted the him while patrolling a section of the North Ward on Tuesday afternoon, authorities sai…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF
A Connecticut man who authorities said fired at a police officer following a Jersey Shore traffic stop was indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges, authorities said. Miguel Angel-Villegas, 29, of New Haven had threatened to kill his then-girlfriend if she didn't drive him from Connecticut to New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. After making the woman give the Tuckerton police officer a bogus name during the traffic stop last Nov. 21, Angel-Villegas forced her at gunpoint to speed away, Billhimer said. She hit the gas and the vehicle struck…
Newark, NJ
Neighbors
After 24 Years Apart, NJ Transit Police Help Reunite Dad With Family
A homeless man who hadn't seen his daughters in 24 years -- and who had never met some of his grandchildren -- was reunited with them with help from a concerned NJ Transit police officer, the agency said. Transit police in the Secaucus Junction station found 61-year-old Jose Lopez, who is homeless, Aug. 6. The former Monmouth County resident had traveled from Miami to meet with his long-lost children. Officers in Secaucus sent him on to Newark Penn Stration, where Crisis Outreach Officer Sean Pfeifer decided to help locate Lopez's offspring. The agency's outreach program is…
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