Officials ID Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey

NJ Transit officials have identified the pedestrian fatally struck by a train this week.

Murray Hill Station
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12/28/2023 11:44 a.m.

Naji Jacob, a 74-year-old New Providence resident, was struck and killed by a train near Murray Hill Station in New Providence early Wednesday morning, Dec. 27.

At 5:05 a.m., a Gladstone Branch train en route to Hoboken, fatally struck Jacob, NJ Transit officials said. There were no injuries to the people on board the train, NJ Transit said.

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