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Thursday, dec 26
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Pascack Valley Line
Police & Fire
Car Struck By Train
Again
In Hackensack
A car was struck by a train for the second time in the last eight days in Hackensack on Tuesday night, Dec. 3. The crash involved Pascack Valley Line Train #1633, which was scheduled to arrive in Spring Valley at 7:15 p.m., and happened on Anderson Street around 6:50 p.m. Have photos? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com. The crash caused a cascade of delays. Last week, a car was struck by a train in Hackensack — that one was the second of its kind in 24 hours in Bergen County.
Police & Fire
Deja Vu? Train Hits Car For 2nd Time In 24 Hours In Bergen County
A crash involving a train and a car was causing major delays in Hackensack on Tuesday night, Nov. 26. At the scene. Paul Nickels The incident happened at Railroad and Central Avenues sometime after 6 p.m. As of press time, service to the Pascack Valley Line had resumed. 1 of 2: Pascack Valley Line rail service has resumed in both directions between Essex St and New Bridge Landing and is subject to up to a 45-minute delay following an earlier motor vehicle strike near Essex St. — Pascack Valley Line (@NJTRANSIT_PVL) November 26, 2024 A similar incident occurred near the…
Police & Fire
Officials ID Woman, 36, Killed By Hoboken-Bound NJ Transit Train In Bergen County
NJ Transit officials have identified the 36-year-old woman struck and killed by a train in River Edge over the weekend. Kim N. Almonte, of River Edge, was struck near the New Bridge Landing station by Pascack Valley Line train 2118 around 4:45 p.m., NJ Transit spokesman Kyalo Mulumba tells Daily Voice. The train had left Spring Valley, NY at 4:05 p.m.and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 5:20 p.m., Mulumba said. No injuries were reported to the 120 customers or the crew on board. Pascack Valley Line rail service was temporarily suspended in both directions between …
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Family Tesla Gets Stranded On RR Tracks, Train Service Suspended On Pascack Valley Line
A family of four had to bail out of their Tesla after it got stuck on the railroad tracks near the Emerson train station. NJ TRANSIT stopped Pascack Valley Line rail service in both directions between Oradell and Woodcliff Lake following the mishap in the area of Lindwood Avenue and Kinderkamack Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Substitute bus service was being provided. NJ TRANSIT stopped Pascack Valley Line rail service in both directions between Oradell and Woodcliff Lake following the mishap in the area of Lindwood Avenue and Kinderkamack Road shortly before 3:30 p.…
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Heroes
: Pickup Slammed By Train In Hackensack, Firefighters Free Trapped Driver
A driver was extricated after a pickup truck was rammed by a late-night commuter train in Hackensack. City firefighters cut the top off the Honda Ridgeline's cab after it was struck by the NJ TRANSIT Pascack Valley Line train No. 2133 at the Central Avenue crossing at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. A large crowd gathered as firefighters worked intently. They got the driver out roughly 40 minutes later. Hackensack firefighters cut the top off of the Honda Ridgeline's cab after the truck was struck shortly before midnight at the Central Avenue crossing.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE An ambulance…
News
Update
: Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Hackensack
A man was struck and killed by a commuter train Wednesday morning in Hackensack. The Pascack Valley Line train struck the 66-year-old pedestrian at Essex Street and East Railroad Avenue near the Essex Street train station at 9:55 a.m., city Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Under what circumstances wasn't immediately clear. NJ TRANSIT statement: "At approximately 9:55 a.m., Pascack Valley Line westbound train 1651, which departed Hoboken at 9:34 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive at New Bridge Landing at 10:01 a.m., struck and fatally injured an adult male pedestrian in the vicinity of …
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Train In Secaucus
A man was struck and killed by a train Sunday, April 10 in Secaucus. Pascack Valley Line train 2129 struck the male just west of the Secaucus station at 9:38 p.m., NJ Transit's Jim Smith said. The train left Hoboken at 9:21 p.m., and was set to arrive in Spring Valley, NY at 10:34 p.m. No injuries to the 50 customers or crew members were reported. NJ Transit police were investigating.
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Update
: Man Struck, Killed By Train In Hackensack
A 20-something man died of his injuries after being struck by a commuter train Monday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The man was struck by a Pascack Valley Line train near the Essex Street station shortly after 3:30 p.m., they said. The #16523 train had left Hoboken at 2:58 p.m. bound for New Bridge Landing, NJ Transit's Paul Milo said. "There were no reported injuries to any of the approximate 20 passengers and crew," Milo said. "New Jersey Transit Police are at the scene leading the investigation. "Service on the Pascack Valley Line was temporarily suspended for approximatel…
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…
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…
Police & Fire
Local Pastor Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack
UPDATE: Police identified a man struck by a commuter train Saturday in Hackensack as a local church pastor. The Rev. Robert Davis Sr. was struck at the Passaic Street crossing off Railroad Avenue across from the Hackensack Market around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. It wasn't immediately clear how Davis, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, ended up in the path of the Spring Valley-bound #2115 NJ Transit train or which part struck him. His wife, the Rev. Carolyn Davis, was doing voter registration outside of the market and he was walking from home to be with her when he was str…
Police & Fire
Update
: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge
UPDATE: A driver was killed Tuesday afternoon when a commuter train struck his SUV in River Edge near the Hackensack border. Sheng Chen, 53, initially was unresponsive, with a weak pulse, after a Pascack Valley Line train struck the Toyota Sequoia on Main Street, east of New Bridge Landing, around 4:40 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead less than 20 minutes later. The Pascack Valley Line Train 9618 left Spring Valley at 4:02 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 5:04 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder said. There were no injuries to the 10 or so customers and crew aboar…
Police & Fire
Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack
A woman was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after she was struck by a passenger train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The woman was clipped by Pascack Valley Line Train #2111 near the Passaic Street crossing around 12:45 p.m., NJ Transit’s Kate Thompson said. The train left Hoboken at 12:36 p.m. and was due to arrive in Spring Valley at 1:23 p.m., Thompson said. None of the few people aboard were injured, she said. Service was suspended in both directions and then restored less than an hour later, Thompson said. Hackensack and NJ Tr…
Police & Fire
Update
: Emerson Man, 63, Struck By Commuter Train
An Emerson man struck in town by a commuter train Tuesday afternoon remained hospitalized. Responders said the 63-year-old man suddenly stepped in front of the NJ Transit train -- which was traveling at about 45 miles an hour -- behind the Stop & Shop supermarket off Kinderkamack Road shortly after 4 p.m. He remained at Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, they said. The Pascack Valley Line No. 1632 train left Spring Valley at 3:46 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 4:30 p.m., NJ Transit's Kate Thompson said. No injuries were reported to the 45 peopl…
Police & Fire
New Milford Man, 26, Struck By Train In River Edge Dies
A 26-year-old New Milford man was struck and killed by a commuter train Sunday afternoon in River Edge, authorities confirmed. The Pascack Valley Line train was headed from Spring Valley to Secaucus when it struck the victim at 12:10 p.m. just east of the New Bridge Landing station, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. He was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center a short time later, she said. None of the 34 aboard, including crew members, were injured, Torbic said. Service was suspended before being resumed at 2:45 p.m.
Police & Fire
NJ Transit Train Collides With Car In River Edge
Service to the Pascack Valley Line was suspended after a train struck a car in River Edge Thursday morning, authorities said. Two people in the car sustained non life-threatening injuries in the 7:30 a.m. incident at the Main Street crossing near New Bridge Landing, NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. They were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment, reports say. None of the 400 train passengers sustained injuries, Smith said. At the sceneNicole Acito The train left from Spring Valley, N.Y. at 6:50 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 8:05 a.m. NJ Tra…
Police & Fire
Photos
: Hackensack Crash Temporarily Halts Train Service
Commuter train service was briefly suspended after two vehicles collided Tuesday evening at a Hackensack railroad crossing. No injuries were reported after the Jeep and wagon collided at Clinton and Terrace places, sending the Jeep onto the railroad right-of-way next to the tracks, shortly before 7 p.m. Both vehicles had to be towed. NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line was held up until the wreckage was cleared. Both vehicles had to be towed.COURTESY: Rich Gelber Pascack Valley Line was held up until the wreckage was cleared.COURTESY: Rich Gelber PHOTOS: Courtesy RICH GELBER
Traffic
25 NJ Transit Passengers Transferred From Disabled Pascack Valley Line Train
A Rockland County-bound train experiencing mechanical problems delayed 25 passengers at the Park Ridge station Tuesday, NJ Transit officials said. Passengers on Pascack Valley Line train #1613 were transferred to the Montvale station after their 1:32 p.m. train to Spring Valley became disabled, an NJ Transit spokesperson said. A rescue train was sent out to push the disabled train out of the way, NJ Transit officials said. The incident did not impact other trains, an NJ Transit spokesperson said. The PVL runs north from Hoboken Terminal through Hudson County and Bergen County, and into Ro…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Westwood Police, Good Sams Save Life Of Man Struck By Commuter Train
A 46-year-old Westwood man who responders said was drunk when he was whacked by a commuter train during an evening rainstorm owes his life to several heroes. Looking toward his second year as the borough’s top law enforcement officer, Chief Michael Pontillo says his own squad’s response to the incident "just shows the quality of officers we have in Westwood.” Praise also goes to a pair of good Samaritans who came to the man’s aid after he suffered a devastating pelvic injury around 8:15 p.m. Friday. Edson Zarte of Passaic, who witnessed the incident, tried using a belt as a tourniquet whil…
News
NJ Transit: Man Struck By PVL Train In Westwood From Hoboken Seriously Injured
A man was was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a train in Westwood, NJ Transit officials said. The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. Friday evening and involved a train on the Pascack Valley Line, NJ Transit spokeswoman Kate Thompson told Daily Voice. The train had departed from Hoboken at 7:21 p.m., and was scheduled to arrive in Spring Valley at 8:40 p.m., she said. The man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with unspecified injuries, Thompson said None of the 50 train passengers or crew members on the train were injured. Rail ser…
Police & Fire
Oradell's Well-Known 'Meat Guy,' 54, Killed By Train
He was known for his sense of humor -- a fun-loving guy and popular Oradell meat wholesaler who called himself "The Meat Man." Christopher Lubben, 54, a former boys soccer coach at River Dell High School, was struck and killed by a commuter train in Oradell a half-dozen blocks or so from the school Wednesday evening -- the night before this year's graduation. ****** TRIBUTE: A funeral Mass was scheduled this Monday for Christopher Lubben -- the fun-loving and well-known Oradell wholesaler known as "The Meat Guy." https://paramus.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/monday-funera…
Police & Fire
Man, 54, Struck, Killed By Train In Oradell Near River Edge Border
A train struck and killed a man on the tracks in Oradell at the River Edge border Wednesday night, responders said. Christopher Lubben, 54, The person was struck by a NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line #1635 commuter train just south of New Milford Avenue near the Marginal Road intersection around 7 p.m., the agency's Elizabeth Chamberlain said. ****** TRIBUTE: He was known for his sense of humor -- a fun-loving guy and popular Oradell butcher who called himself "The Meat Man." Christopher Lubben, 54, a former boys soccer coach at River Dell High School, was struck and killed Wednesd…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Each was on the opposite side of the tracks before Keith Daisley and Regina Eller met in the middle Wednesday afternoon -- and were struck and killed by a commuter train, witnesses told investigators. Eller, 48, "had just gotten off a bus on Main Street" around 1:10 p.m., a law enforcement official said. Daisley, 51, "was waiting for her on the other side of the tracks," he said, adding that they apparently hadn't seen one another in awhile. The couple -- who each lived at different Hackensack addresses -- "met in the middle of the tracks,"…
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