Pedestrian struck and injured by a transit train near the Plauderville Station in Garfield, New Jersey
Pedestrian struck by NJ Transit train in Bergen County
The train, which was out of service and not carrying passengers, struck a pedestrian about 5:33 a.m. just west of the Plauderville Station in Garfield, according to an NJ Transit spokesman.
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