Update: Pedestrian killed by train in Montclair's Watchung Plaza
I WAS WAITING AT THE NEXT STOP--WALNUT STREET-WHEN I, AND OTHERS, BEGAN TO REALIZE THE 11:05 AM TRAIN EAST TO PENN STATION NY WAS LATE.
IN THE DISTANCE WE HEARD MULTIPLE, OMINOUS FIRE TRUCKS & SIRENS.
EVENTUALLY AN ANNOUNCEMENT ALERTED US THE TRAIN SERVICE WOULD BE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY DUE TO A TRESPASSING ISSUE.
THIS CRYPTIC ANNOUNCEMENT HAD SOME WAITING PASSENGERS CHECK THEIR ALERTS/ APPS, ETC. AND THEY ALL STATED THE SAME MESSAGE.
NOT HOPING FOR THE WORST I CONTINUED MY DAY & FOUND OUT ON THE WAY BACK HOME THAT IN FACT A DEATH HAD ENSUED- A PASSENGER WHO WAS ON THE TRAIN IN QUESTION, RELAYED THE DETAILS. THEY WENT ON LOCK DOWN.
I WAS NATURALLY STUNNED.
SO SAD!
HERE ARE THE DEVASTATING DETAILS:
STAFF PHOTO BY GEORGE WIRT
Police investigate the death of a person struck and
killed by a train this morning at the Watchung Plaza Train Station.
"According to witness accounts, the trespasser climbed an embankment, crossed the tracks, positioned himself in front of the oncoming train and did not attempt to move," Durso said.
David Uslan, who was on the train when the accident occurred, said that police walked through the train and announced that there had been a fatality.
"Apparently, the conductor saw it all," said Uslan, who noted that a therapist who was on board the train talked to the conductor about it.
New York City-bound commuters waiting in Watchung Plaza for the DeCamp No. 66 bus said that, as the train approached the station, it was repeatedly blowing its horn with a sense of urgency.
"The engineer was blowing his whistle more than usual. I thought that was weird," said a woman waiting for the bus.
A half-hour after the accident, the train remained stopped at the station as police and NJ Transit officials conducted an investigation. Some of the passenger cars were stopped atop the trestle spanning Watchung Avenue.
Bus commuter Elaine Bromka said she had never seen such a large police presence in town. "I counted 22 vehicles," Bromka said.
Four fire trucks and at least six police cars were on site when The Times arrived at 11:25 a.m.
I AM SHAKEN
GOD BLESS EAMONN WHOLLEY AND HIS FAMILY.
WHY?
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