‘Trespasser Fatality’ Reported Near NJ Transit Train Station In East Orange

EAST ORANGE, NJ — A NJ Transit train struck a male on the track near the East Orange station on Monday evening in an incident that officials labeled a “trespasser fatality,” authorities say.

NJ Transit officials said that the fatality involved Train #441, which left out of the Hoboken station. The incident temporarily suspended service on the Morris/Essex line between Newark Broad Street and Millburn in both directions, officials said.

As of Monday night, it wasn’t known if the impact was the cause of death or if the man suffered some other injury before being hit, a NJ Transit official told NJ.com.

None of the 118 passengers and crew aboard the train were injured, authorities said.

Following the strike, emergency responders reported to a location near the 7th Avenue pedestrian bridge, where they located the adult male unconscious and unresponsive, RLS Media stated.

Authorities pronounced the man dead a short time later, RLS Media reported.

The NJ Transit #70 bus cross honored Morris/Essex Line commuters during the time that trains were not running in either direction on the tracks.

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