Operator dies and passengers injured as New Jersey commuter train hits a piece of a tree

Associated Press

A train operator is dead and nearly two dozen passengers injured after a New Jersey Transit commuter train struck a chunk of a tree on the tracks. New Jersey Transit says the accident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. Monday north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. There were 42 passengers aboard the River Line train. Television news video showed a large piece of the tree under the front of the train. Twenty-three people were treated for minor injuries. Service on sections of the train line was suspended as authorities investigated.