LIRR service on Montauk Branch restored after person fatally struck by train

By Lorena Mongellilorena.mongelli@newsday.comUpdated April 6, 2024

Long Island Rail Road service on the Montauk Branch has been restored after a person was struck and killed by a train Friday night.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials reported an unauthorized person was hit on the eastbound tracks around 9 p.m. near West Sayville.

According to the MTA, train service was disrupted for about two hours. The investigation is ongoing but it does not appear to be criminal. No further information was immediately available.

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By Lorena Mongelli

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The crossings accounted for 2,139 collisions, including 72 resulting in serious injuries or fatalities, between 2014 and 2023. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas, Steve Pfost, Kendall Rodriguez, John Conrad Williams Jr., Newsday file; Photo credit: Klenofsky family

'He never made it to the other side' The crossings accounted for 2,139 collisions, including 72 resulting in serious injuries or fatalities, between 2014 and 2023. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

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