Dozens of NJ Transit Engineers Were Diagnosed With Sleep Apnea, Agency Says

More than 40 New Jersey Transit train engineers were sidelined after testing imposed in the wake of a deadly rail crash found that they suffered from sleep apnea, the agency said Wednesday following mandates instituted after the deadly crash in Hoboken last year. Pei-Sze Cheng reports. (Published Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017) Submitted by New Jersey…

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Man Fatally Struck by NJ Transit Train, 2nd Train Death in 2 Days

Submitted by New Jersey Transit Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Authorities say a man has died after being hit by a New Jersey Transit train in Bergen County. The agency says the accident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday in Carlstadt, just west of the train station in Rutherford. But it’s not clear why the man was…

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Pedestrian killed on NJ Transit tracks near Metropark in Edison, report says

Submitted by New Jersey Transit Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark EDISON – NJ Transit riders are facing delays following an early morning train accident Friday that killed a pedestrian on the tracks, according to Edison officials and N.J. Transit. The accident occurred about 5 a.m. a short distance west of the Metropark station when a train…

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5 People Injured When School Bus, NJ Transit Bus Collide

Submitted by New Jersey Bus Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. If you have any legal issues or concerns regarding this accident, please contact us immediately. Buses hit each other when school bus swerved into traffic, authorities said. Five people received minor injuries Thursday night when a Bergen County Special Services school bus swerved into traffic and…

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Several injured after NJ Transit bus, car collide in Newark

Submitted by NJ bus accident lawyer, Jeffrey Hark.   NEWARK (WABC) — A New Jersey Transit bus and a car collided in Newark Friday, injuring seven people. The vehicles collided on Central Avenue and South Eighth Street just before 2 a.m. NJ Transit said the bus, the No. 34 from Newark to Bloomfield, at the…

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Person killed by train in Hackensack

Submitted by NJ Transit Attorney, Jeffrey Hark HACKENSACK — A person was struck and killed by a commuter train around 8 p.m. Thursday night, NJ Transit said. The victim, identified only as a male, was hit near the Atlantic Street crossing by the No. 1639 train on the Pascack Valley Line to Spring Valley. None…

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Rail service resumes on 2 NJ Transit lines

Submitted by New Jersey Transit Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WOODBRIDGE – Rail service has resumed on two New Jersey Transit lines that were briefly shuttered when a truck hit a power transformer in central Jersey. But service on the Northeast Corridor is now operating with delays of up to 60 minutes, while the North Jersey Coast…

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