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Train hits N.J. man at Merrick station
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An unidentified person was hit by an oncoming train at the Merrick train station this morning. On hand to investigate were MTA and Nassau County police, along with officials from the LIRR.
Scott Brinton/Herald
Updated: 5:15 p.m., Sept. 9, 2011: An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train struck and killed a New Jersey man at the Merrick train station just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to LIRR spokesman Aaron Donovan. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Nassau County police were on hand to investigate with LIRR officials.
Donovan said the man was 23 years old, Hispanic and from New Jersey. Donovan said he was apparently lying on the tracks, motionless, when he was hit. Sam Zambuto, another LIRR spokesman, said the man was positively identified as Neelan Manuelpillai of Plainsboro, N.J.
No further information was available.
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