Operator dies, passengers injured as New Jersey train hits tree chunk

MANSFIELD, New Jersey: A train operator was killed and 23 passengers injured when a New Jersey Transit commuter train collided with a chuck of a tree left on the railway track on October 14.

New Jersey Transit stated that the mishap occurred shortly after 6 a.m. just north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. Television news video showed a large piece of the tree under the front of the train.

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