None of the passengers and crew members were hurt
EAST ORANGE -- Officials on Thursday identified the 17-year-old boy who died near the East Orange NJ Transit station earlier this week.
Tiajuan Charles, of Newark, was hit by NJ Transit train No. 441 from Hoboken around 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to the transit agency. A spokeswoman had no additional details to release on the death Thursday.
It was not immediately clear if Charles was killed by the train or suffered another fatal injury before he was struck near the station, an agency spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media Monday night. None of train's 118 passengers and crew members were injured.
Death in East Orange under investigation, NJ Transit says
The boy was initially identified by officials on Monday as an adult.
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