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Woman Charged With DWI After NJ Transit Train Hits Empty Vehicle In Central Jersey Woman Charged With DWI After NJ Transit Train Hits Empty Vehicle In Central Jersey
Woman Charged With DWI After NJ Transit Train Hits Empty Vehicle In Central Jersey A Long Branch woman was accused of driving while intoxicated after an empty vehicle was struck by a New Jersey Transit train, authorities said. North Jersey Coast Line train No. 4384 hit an unoccupied vehicle in Long Branch at around 8:59 p.m. on Monday, June 3, an NJ Transit spokesperson said. The vehicle was struck at the Cedar Avenue crossing between the Long Branch and Elberon stations. The train left the Bay Head station at 8:28 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Long Branch at 9:06 p.m. None of the 25 passengers or crew members were injured.  Investigators said Lisa Doren…

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by Chris Spiker
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NJ Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In Bergen NJ Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In Bergen
NJ Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In Bergen Authorities captured a Waldwick man wanted for assaulting a conductor at a local train station. New Jersey Transit police tracked down DeVaugn K. Dudley, 23, and took him into custody assisted by Waldwick police, said Emma Wright, NJT's senior public information officer. They charged him with aggravated assault and interfering with transportation in connection with a Nov. 23 incident at the Waldwick station, Wright said. No sooner was Dudley booked into the Bergen County Jail than a Superior Court judge in Hackensack released him Tuesday, pending further court action, under New Jersey's 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train
Police: Oakland Man Injured, Charged Playing Chicken With Freight Train A 35-year-old Oakland man injured himself jumping out of the way of a freight train – and then was arrested, authorities said. The Oakland First Aid Squad treated the man for his injuries after he was nearly struck while with his dog near the Ramapo River shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The man refused hospitalization, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Michael Griffin and Officers Edward McDermott, Charles Kelly, and Timothy McDonough found him while responding to several reports of a man struck by a train, Eldridge said. He was charged with defiant trespassin…

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by Jerry DeMarco