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Train Operator Dead, 23 Passengers Hurt In NJ Transit Crash With Tree

A train operator was killed and multiple others hurt after a tree fell on an NJ Transit train Monday morning, Oct. 14 in Burlington County.

NJ Transit Police

NJ Transit Police

Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine

The incident happened around 6 a.m. on the River LINE train, which had been heading north from Trenton when it struck a tree south of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township, an NJ Transit spokesperson said.

Twenty-three of the 42 customers on board suffered minor injuries and five suffered moderate injuries, all non-life-threatening. The remaining 19 passengers were accommodated by a bus

6abc says the tree appears to have fallen on the train. Footage from the scene shows a chunk of the tree under the train and heavy damage to the top of the train.

River LINE service was suspended in both directions between Florence and Trenton. A substitute bus service is being provided. 

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