MTA: Port Jeff LIRR service restored after train hit man earlier at West Hills crossing
First responders and investigators work at the Oakwood Road crossing in West Hills where a person was fatally struck by an LIRR train Monday, officials said. Credit: Jeff Bachner
Evening LIRR service was restored Monday on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch after a train struck and killed a pedestrian earlier on the West Hills-Huntington Station border.
The adult male pedestrian was struck at about 1:30 p.m. at the Oakwood Road railroad crossing in West Hills, said Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the railroad. Service on the line was suspended but restored by about 4:30 p.m.
The victim died at the scene, according to MTA spokeswoman Meredith Daniels.
It's unclear what precipitated the man being struck, and the MTA police are investigating, Donovan said.
Daniels said the train that hit the man was removed at 3:28 p.m. The 4:06 p.m. train from Port Jefferson, due to Jamaica at 5:39 p.m., was the first train out at 4:19 p.m., she said.
Criminality has been ruled out, but investigators are reviewing surveillance footage to determine the circumstances under which the victim was in the street, Daniels said.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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