Update: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train ID'd As 18-Year-Old Man

NJ Transit officials have identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a train over the weekend as an 18-year-old Plainfield man.

Plainfield train station
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Cecilia Levine

03/16/2021 10:20 a.m.

Lorenzo Bautista was struck by Raritan Valley Line train 5530 near the Plainfield station around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, NJ Transit spokeswoman Lisa Torbic said.

None of the approximately 30 passengers on board the train were injured, Torbic said.

The train left the Raritan Station at 6:14 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cranford at 6:54 p.m.

New Jersey Transit police were leading the investigation.

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