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« on: September 21, 2010, 10:28:27 PM »
UPDATE
BY WILLIAM LAMB
The Record
STAFF WRITER
A 12-year-old Hackensack boy was struck and killed by an NJ Transit train as he was walking along the tracks between Central Avenue and Clay Street on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
The boy, identified as Caesar Muloki, was listening to an iPod at the time, and may not have heard the engineer sound the train’s horn, said Dan Stessel, an NJ Transit spokesman.
The incident, which involved an outbound Pascack Valley Line train, occurred around 3:15 p.m. about midway between crossings at Central Avenue and Clay Street, Stessel said.
Caesar would have turned 13 on Oct. 2, Stessel said.
“This appears to be a tragic accident, and our thoughts are with the family this evening,” Stessel said.
About 20 passengers were aboard the train at the time, none of whom were injured, Stessel said. They were transferred to a bus to continue on their way to New Bridge Landing. Service on the Pascack Valley Line was restored around 5:30 p.m., initially with residual delays of up to 20 minutes. Trains were back on schedule by 6 p.m., Stessel said.
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