The man, who Transit said was trespassing, was struck around 5:20 a.m. near Watchung Avenue by a train bound for Penn Station in New York. None of the 30 people aboard were injured.
The man's name was not immediately released
Delays on the Montclair Boonton line were about an hour as of shortly before 10 a.m.
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