Service on the Morris and Essex line was suspended Monday after someone was killed by a train in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE A person described as a female trespasser was killed by an NJ Transit train near the station, the agency said in an alert.
A spokeswoman said the victim was struck shortly before 5 p.m. by a Hoboken-boud train. NJ Transit police were at the scene investigating as of about 5:45 p.m.
Service along the Morris and Essex line was suspended but was restored about a half-hour later. There were lingering delays along the Morris and Essex line of about an hour, the spokeswoman also said.
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