Crime & Safety
Woodbridge Man Injured By NJ Transit Train After Slipping on Platform
The victim, who was injured at the Red Bank train station, was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center Sunday morning for treatment.
A Woodbridge man was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of a broken leg Sunday morning after he was struck by New Jersey Transit train 7208.
The incident took place around 6:16 a.m. at the Red Bank Train Station on Monmouth Street, Red Bank police confirmed.
NJ Transit spokesman John Durso, Jr. said a preliminary investigation showed the man may have slipped on the platform, with his leg coming in contact with the train.
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Twenty passengers were on board the train, and were placed onto another northbound train without incident, Durso said.
The name of the injured man was not released by officials.
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