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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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