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MANSFIELD TWP., New Jersey — One person is dead and 16 others are injured after a train accident Monday morning in New Jersey.
It happened just after 6 a.m. on the New Jersey River Line Light Rail track near US 130 in Mansfield Township.
The train was traveling southbound from Trenton when it struck a tree just north of Roebling Station.
The train operator was killed, according to officials.
The train had 42 customers on board at the time of the incident. Of the passengers, 23 sustained non-life-threatening injuries, which are said to be mostly minor.
