Authorities worked to determine how the tree ended up on the tracks.
A train operator is dead and more than a dozen people were injured when a New Jersey Transit commuter train was hit by a tree on the tracks Monday, multiple outlets reported.
The accident happened around 6 a.m. in Mansfield Township on the River Line Light Rail track near US 130, NJ Transit toldThere were 42 passengers on board at the time of the incident and WPVI reported 23 sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The 19 others were accommodated by bus.wrote on social media that service was suspended in both directions between Florence and Trenton stations due to a downed tree across the tracks near Roebling Station.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he had been briefed on the incident and an investigation is underway. "I have been briefed on an accident on the 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," heNew Jersey Transit Police are working to determine how the tree ended up on the tracks.
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