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Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials
Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials NJ Transit officials have released the name of the motorist killed by a train earlier this week in Morris County. Michael Carbone, 77, of Pompton Plains, was struck by Montclair-Boonton Line train 1074 after he disregarded the crossing gates at the Ryerson Road crossing in Lincoln Park around 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, a spokesperson for NJ Transit said. A preliminary investigation found that the crossing gates were working as intended and were in the down position when Carbone drove his vehicle around the gates and positioned it directly into the path of the train, NJ Transit sai…

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Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials
Driver Disregarded Crossing Gates Before Being Killed By Hoboken-Bound Train: Officials A driver was killed after being struck by an NJ Transit train Monday morning, Oct. 28 in Morris County, authorities said. Montclair-Boonton Line train 1074 struck the vehicle at the Ryerson Road crossing in Lincoln Park just before 9:30 a.m., NJ Transit spokesman Kyalo Mulumba said.  A preliminary investigation found that the crossing gates were working as intended and were in the down position when the driver drove the vehicle around the gates and positioned the vehicle into the path of the train, Mulumba said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The train left Hackettstown at …

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by Cecilia Levine