Man Discovered dead on train tracks in Ridgewood
March 10, 2016
the staff of the Rmidgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, A crew member of a NJ Transit train telephoned police after spotting a man lying on the tracks near the West Glen Avenue train trestle in Ridgewood on Thursday night, 03/10, at approximately 10:30 PM. Responding NJ Transit and Ridgewood police officers found the individual lying between the HoHoKus train station and West Glen Avenue. He was unresponsive when found and pronounced dead shortly thereafter by a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. It is believed the deceased was struck and killed by a Hoboken bound NJ Transit train.
Investigators will review video footage from at least one (1) train to determine if, when, and where the victim was struck. All train traffic on the NJ Transit Bergen County and Main Lines was delayed while investigators worked at the scene. The body was removed from the scene by representatives of the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office shortly after 1:00 AM on Friday, 03/11. The victim was said to have been a Ridgewood resident
This explains why the trains were making so much noise on their way through town last night.
If not a suicide, it was probably some drunk guy with headphones on taking a shortcut home. Getting hit by a train is pretty hard. Their trajectory is quite predictable, and their presence is plenty obvious.
Who was it, for heavens sake?
Paul Schneider, 60, from NJT
Wasn’t there a big to do on this Blog several months ago about someone wanting to push a particular party in front of a commuter train? This wasn’t the guy, was it?