Crime & Safety
1 Person Dead After LIRR Train Strikes Car
A non-passenger train struck a car Monday night.
A Long Island Rail Road train struck a car on the tracks Monday night and a person inside the car was killed.
The LIRR says a non-passenger equipment train hit an unauthorized vehicle on the tracks in Brentwood around 8 p.m.
Authorities have not yet identified the person killed or said why the vehicle was on the tracks.
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"My heart goes out to the family and friends who lost a loved one in this terrible incident," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.
No one on the train was injured in the crash.
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LIRR service was suspended on the Ronkonkoma Branch for about an hour and a half following the crash.
Brentwood,NY: 1 Dead After Vehicle is hit by non-passenger LIRR Train at 4th Street crossing. pic.twitter.com/wv9jrO4fPx
— Fully Involved Media (@FullyInvMedia) January 10, 2017
Brentwood, NY- 1 person is dead after westbound LIRR train strikes a car at 4th St. crossing. pic.twitter.com/slOiZ7ZyqY
— Stringer News (@Stringernews) January 10, 2017
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