Man Struck, Killed by Train in Bayport

A man was killed Friday morning after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Bayport, officials said. 

The victim, believed to be an adult male, was not authorized to be on the tracks when he was hit by an eastbound train at the Bayport Avenue crossing around 9:15 a.m., LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto said.

"A preliminary MTA investigation indicated that the crossing gates at the Bayport Avenue crossing were operating as intended" at the time of the crash, Zambuto said. 

The train involved in the crash was the 8:52 train from Babylon to Montauk. Buses arrived at the scene to transport train passengers.

Several other trains were also delayed, but the rush hour commute is not expected to be affected, Zambuto said.