BREAKING: LIRR Train Strikes Person in Copiague

A person was struck by a train at the Copiague Long Island Rail Road station on Thursday afternoon.

At 3:19 p.m., the LIRR posted on its website:

“The 2:05PM train from Penn due Babylon at 3:21PM is delayed at Copiague due to an unauthorized person on the tracks being struck by a train.”

There has been no official word yet on why the person was on the tracks or the extent of his/her injuries. But News 12 Planning Editor Aime Rodriguez tweeted that the person was “alive and conscious and being assisted by EMS & Police.”

Commuters on the LIRR’s Babylon and Montauk branches should expect some cancelations and delays during the evening rush Thursday, the LIRR says.

Find information on specific cancelations and delays on the LIRR’s website here.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.