New Jersey Transit operator dead and 23 hurt after train hits tree

[Bewitchingstorm]

A train operator is dead and 23 are injured after a New Jersey Transit train hit a tree early Monday, officials say.

A River LINE train was traveling southbound from Trenton when it struck a tree north of the Roebling Station at 6:04 a.m, NJ Transit said in a statement.

There were a total of 42 customers on board and 23 sustained mostly minor, non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The remaining 19 passengers were accommodated by a bus.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ree-rcna175303

[Angiebla]

So the tree was on the tracks?

[Boston Babe 73]

Yeah, according to the article, the tree was on the track. I would presume that it fell on to the track and he didn't have time to avoid it. That's really sad. He would literally see it coming and couldn't do anything to stop it.