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UPDATE: Trains Back on Schedule After Apparent Suicide on Tracks
Incident occurred in Short Hills, backing up trains on Morris & Essex line.
NJTransit and Millburn police are investigating the death of a woman early Tuesday morning on the tracks just west of the Short Hills train station that is believed to be a suicide.
According to NJTransit Spokeswoman Courtney Carroll, the woman was fatally struck by a Morris-Essex train while standing on the tracks at approximately 5 a.m. The woman has not yet been identified and NJTransit is continuing its investigation.
The train, the 4:16 from Dover, was due to arrive in New York City at 5:43 a.m.
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As of 8:45 a.m., Carroll said trains were on or close to schedule after delays of up to an hour immediately following the accident on the Morris & Essex line, including the Gladstone branch, NJ Transit said.
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