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Joseph DeBari, a junior accounting major at Seton Hall University, was struck by a train not in passenger service, west of the South Orange station around 7:35 p.m., NJ Transit officials said.
The train was being moved eastbound on the Morris and Essex Line and no customers were on board and no crew were injured, NJ Transit said.
A lifelong Bridgewater resident, DeBari was an avid sports fan, who rooted for the Mets and Seton Hall basketball, editing the sports section of the Setonian, according to his obituary.
A graduate of Bridgewater-Raritan High School, DeBari is survived by his parents, Giovanni and Angela, his brother, Christopher, his grandfather, Albert, and numerous family members, his obituary reads.
A funeral will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. at Kearns Funeral Home in Whitehouse Station and he will buried at Holy Cress Cemetery in Basking Ridge.
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