Train service suspended late Saturday
MAPLEWOOD -- A woman was struck and killed by a train on the Morris and Essex line near the Maplewood station late Saturday, an NJ Transit spokeswoman said.
Train No. 6940 was heading to Penn Station in New York when it hit the woman around 10 p.m., transit agency spokeswoman Lisa Torbic said. None of the train's 175 passengers and crew were injured.
The Morris and Essex line was suspended in both ways between Maplewood and East Orange shortly before 10:45 p.m. Saturday, according to NJ Transit.
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