A tree caused a crash of a New Jersey River Line train that killed the train operator and injured at least 20 more on Monday morning, police said.
Officials are investigating after, they said, a fallen tree on the tracks caused a deadly early morning crash of the NJ River Line train in Mansfield on Monday morningA fallen tree on the tracks led to a crash that killed one person -- the train operator -- and injured at least 20 more on a New Jersey River Line train in Mansfield early Monday morning, officials said.
According to police officials, the incident happened at about 6 03 a.m. when a River Line train struck a downed tree in Mansfield, in Burlington County, NJ.Police officials said a press conference is set for 9:30 a.m. to provide further information on this incident. The event will be livestreamed at the top of this story.Norris Young, who said he was a passenger in the train, said the train hit"a gigantic tree" in the morning crash.
"There was a tree on the track, I don't know if it fell on the track or if it was just laying on the track tree. But, it was a gigantic tree on track," Young said."It was a gigantic tree on the track." Just before 9 a.m., New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy confirmed that the person who died was the operator of the train.@NJTRANSIT_RL
earlier today in which the light rail struck a tree on the tracks, leading to the death of the train operator and injuring passengers.that he saw other passengers injured -- including people shaken up, some open wounds and at least one passenger taken away on a stretcher.In the morning, River Line service was suspended in both directions between Roebling and Bordentown stations due to downed trees across the tracks near Roebling.
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