FATAL TRAIN STRIKE NEAR RED BANK STATION
Crime scene tape blocks off the NJ Transit prepare station platform at Red Bank whereas investigators survey the scene of a deadly strike of a 16-year-old. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.)
By BRIAN DONOHUE
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been up to date from the unique publish with new data because it turned obtainable.
The individual struck and killed by New Jersey Transit prepare in Red Bank on Wednesday morning has been recognized by authorities as a 16-year-old scholar at Red Bank Regional High School.
The youth was struck by prepare No. 3218, which had departed Long Branch at 6:08 am, in keeping with NJ Transit alerts. That prepare was scheduled to reach in Red Bank at 6:18 am.
Red Bank Police Chief Mike Frazee confirmed the sufferer was a scholar at RBR, including college officers had been notified.
A spokesperson for NJ Transit stated the reason for the incident stays below investigation.
Shortly after 8 am, investigators from NJ Transit Police, Red Bank Police Department and Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office have been on the scene whereas the northbound prepare remained within the station, stopped simply wanting the platform.
NJ Transit prepare service was suspended between Long Branch and Matawan, with a shuttle bus taking northbound passengers to the Aberdeen-Matawan station, the place they may board trains to proceed alongside the North Jersey Coast line. Southbound prospects may board buses to Long Branch, in keeping with an alert despatched out by the company.
Update: As of 10 am, prepare service had been restored with trains topic to as much as 30 minute delays, in keeping with NJ Transit updates.
The alert from NJ Transit stated the prepare service suspension was on account of a “trespasser fatality.” The strike appeared to have occurred simply south of the Chestnut Street grade crossing. The time period “trespasser” is a time period sometimes utilized by railroads to consult with an individual who has entered the railroad proper of method.
Police on the scene of a deadly prepare strike in Red Bank on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Brian Donohue)
The prepare remained stopped throughout the Chestnut Street grade crossing whereas the investigation continued, snarling rush hour visitors by way of the realm.
Distraught relations of the deceased gathered in entrance of St. Anthony of Padua Church a block away from the scene.
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