The 33-year-old woman "appeared to have gotten her coat caught on the train and was dragged down the platform before falling" shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
She was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with injuries that Ackermann weren't considered life-threatening.
Police, firefighters and EMS workers responded.
NJ Transit police were investigating.
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