Crime & Safety
Man Hit, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Somerset County
Transit officials said the pedestrian was hit by a Gladstone Branch train on Monday.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A man died after being hit by a NJ Transit train near the Basking Ridge station on Monday night.
On Dec. 18 at around 2:54 p.m., Gladstone Branch train 421 hit and fatally injured an adult male pedestrian just west of Basking Ridge station, transit officials said.
The man has not yet been identified.
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The train had left Hoboken at 1:22 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Gladstone at 3:19 p.m.
There were no injuries reported to the about 10 customers or crew on board.
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Service was temporarily suspended on the Gladstone Branch line in both directions between Bernardsville and Stirling, but has since resumed.
New Jersey Transit Police are leading the investigation.
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