Responders Search For Man Struck, Killed By Bergen Line Train

It took a number of emergency responders more than a half hour to find the body of a man who was struck and killed by an NJ TRANSIT train Tuesday night in Bergen County.

Responders from three towns united for the search.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving (file photo)*

Jerry DeMarco

11/29/2023 12:17 a.m.

Police and firefighters from Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and Saddle Brook intensely scoured a swath of territory through their towns after the victim was struck by an out-of-service train headed east on the Bergen County Line shortly before 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28.

They found the body near the corner of East 55th Street and 17th Avenue just past the Broadway station in Fair Lawn shortly after 8 p.m., they said.

He was essentially unidentifiable.

NJ TRANSIT reported no injuries to the crew.

Service on the Bergen County Line was temporarily suspended in both directions between Plauderville and Ridgewood, the company said, while adding that its police were leading an investigation.

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