Woman gets infant out of SUV before train rams it

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver got her infant out of her SUV after it became stuck at a Ramsey railroad crossing and was struck by an NJ Transit train this afternoon, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned.

Jerry DeMarco

09/15/2012 7:20 p.m.

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The woman quickly got the child out of the black Land Rover and away from the car before it was struck at the West Main Street & Erie Place crossing around 1 this afternoon, witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

Westbound Main Street near Spruce and eastbound North Central Avenues were closed to traffic for nearly a half-hour while authorities cleared the wreckage and investigated.

Roughly 120 passengers were aboard the Port Jervis-bound train from Secaucus, NJ Transit said.

The SUV sustained severe front-end damage. The crossing gates were damaged, as well.

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (2:01 p.m.): No one was injured when an SUV was struck by an NJ Transit train at a Ramsey railroad crossing this afternoon, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. READ MORE….

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