Crime & Safety

Funeral Set for Madison Man Killed by Train in Morristown

Timothy Connors, 56, will be laid to rest Tuesday.

By Kim Tran

New Jersey Transit confirmed that Timothy Connors, 56, was the man that died in a train collision Friday at Convent Station in Morristown.

Connors was described as a trespasser on the tracks when the Dover-bound Morris & Essex Line train hit him. The fatality happened around 11:45 a.m. near Kahn Road.

The 40 customers and crew members on the train were not injured, but service was delayed in both directions until 2:30 p.m. 

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Visitation hours for the Madison man are Monday from 5 - 8 p.m. and the funeral is Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main St. in Madison, according to the Daily Record

Interment is at St. Vincent's Cemetery in Madison and in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Market Street Mission in his memory. For his full obituary, go to this link

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