Crime & Safety

Woman Killed By Train In Ridgewood Identified

Svetlana Zabolotsky from Wayne was struck at about 8 a.m. Saturday, officials said.

The person who was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train near the Ridgewood train station Saturday has been identified as a Wayne resident, officials confirmed.

Svetlana Zabolotsky, 52, was killed at about 8 a.m. when she was struck by a Waldwick-bound train, NJ Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson said.

Zabolotsky was on the tracks just east of the train station when the crash occurred.

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No one on the train was hurt, Nelson said.

Service was temporarily suspended in both directions between Ridgewood and Secaucus after the incident.

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