The occupants apparently got out of the car before it was struck around 5:30 p.m. at Railroad Avenue and Beech Street.
The No. 1627 Passaic Valley Line train -- which left Hoboken with 300 customers less than a half-hour earlier -- was due in Spring Valley at 6:14 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder said.
It temporarily remained at the site of the crash.
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