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Kingsland Station, Lyndhurst, NJ

NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train
NYC Man Waiting 'Too Close To Tracks' Struck By Port Jervis-Bound Train PORT JERVIS, N.Y. -- A 38-year-old man who apparently stood too close to the tracks was struck by a Port Jervis-bound express train at a New Jersey station and critically injured injured Friday night, authorities said. "Initial reports are that he was standing too close to the edge of the platform with his back to the tracks" when the victim was struck around 5:30 p.m. at the Kingsland Station in Lyndhurst, NJ Transit's Jim Smith said. The Woodside, Queens man was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition, Smith said. "His back was facing the way t…