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A NJ Transit train was struck by a metal support on Friday night and another struck with unknown metal objects causing train delays on Saturday morning.
One of the trains, on the Northeast Corridor line, was heading to New York Station at 11:45 pm. According to NJ Transit spokeswoman Lisa Torbic on Friday night, when the Amtrak overhead cables were dislodged, a metal bracket crashed onto the wagon.
Beckie Bintim was in the train, coming back from a football match with friends. She said that shortly after climbing to the Secaucus station, she began to see sparks and heard a loud noise that sounded as if something was hitting the train a few rows behind her.
"At that time, we were really scared, we knew something was wrong and we thought the train would go off the rails," Bintrim said.
Bintrim said that the train had stopped and that she had seen smoke, broken windows and a pole that had crossed the ceiling of the two car train behind her.
The passengers were not seriously injured but she said that they had to wait in the dark without air conditioning for about an hour and a half until the arrival of the train. help.
About 700 passengers were transferred to a rescue train. A female passenger reported back pain after the transfer and asked for the EMS, according to NJ Transit.
@emmagf stuck on NUS transit secausus at penn station – train hit by an unknown object, lots of sparks, pierced windows, ceiling post of a car. Backup generator enabled Nobody has a bad time. Waiting for a rescue train. pic.twitter.com/P1n68yc3cP
– Beckie Bintrim (@BeckieBintrim) September 8, 2018
In another incident at 11:18 pm According to Torbic, a North Coast Coast Line train leaving Penn Station for Bay Head struck a metal object just west of the North Tube.
The train was also deactivated and an emergency train took over 350 passengers, according to NJ Transit.
No injuries were reported.
The train service to and from New York Penn Station operated with delays of up to 30 minutes on Saturday morning.
PATH honored NJT train tickets and tickets in Newark, Hoboken, WTC and Journal Square. NJ TRANSIT's private bus and bus companies have also honored the entire system.
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