Car Crash Near Montclair NJ Transit Train Station Causes Delays

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A vehicle accident at a NJ Transit train station caused minor injuries to the car’s occupants and delays to commuters during the Monday evening rush hour in Montclair, reports say.

An SUV apparently crashed into a crossing gate at the Upper Montclair Train Station around 4:45 p.m., smashing into the gate arm and knocking down the rail crossing sign, NBC New York stated.

There was a train also stopped at the crossing at the time of the crash, although it wasn’t apparent if the vehicle hit the train, the report stated.

A NJ Transit spokesperson confirmed there were minor injuries to the occupants of the vehicle, but was unable to say how many occupants were in the car, NorthJersey.com reported.

No one on the train was hurt and there was no derailment, a NJ Transit spokesperson said.

The crash caused delays on the Montclair-Boonton line up to 45 minutes in both directions, NJ Transit officials stated.

Ed Gonglefski, the husband of the driver involved in the crash, told Patch that his wife was traveling east on Bellevue Avenue when traffic stopped and she got partially stuck on the tracks.

"The gates came down a minute later and she couldn't move," Gonglefski told Patch. "The train then came into the station and hit her stopped car on the passenger side, spinning her across the road."

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