Train fatality in Brielle under investigation

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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080615/NEWS/80615005

June 15, 2008


BRIELLE — NJ Transit police are investigating a fatality in the area of the tracks between
the Manasquan and Point Pleasant rail stations.

NJ Transit spokesman Joe Dee said that at approximately 1:40 a.m. this morning, train No. 4785 traveling outbound from Long Branch to Bay Head on the NJ Coast Line struck a person on the tracks, who has not yet been identified, but is described as an adult female.

Dee said the engineer saw the woman on the tracks, sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake, but was unable to stop the train in time.

Dee said the woman was not near a station or crossing at the time she was struck.

The 20 passengers on the train at the time of the accident were taken by bus to their final destinations, Dee said. No injuries occurred among passengers.

The accident occurred at the end of service for the evening, and passengers of the final two trips of the night were taken by bus to their destinations.

Rail service for today is not affected.

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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080620/NEWS/80620030


June 20, 2008

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Police also continue to investigate another death that occurred on the rail line in
nearby community earlier this week.

On Sunday, a woman was killed when she was hit by a train in Brielle. Police have asked for the public's help in that case because they have not yet been able to identify that woman.

[TigressPen]

How sad!!! In hopes they can be identified. :1222423:

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Transit police ask for help in identifying woman hit by train
by Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Wednesday June 18, 2008, 1:17 PM
NJ Transit police have not yet identified a woman who was struck and killed by a train in Brielle early Sunday morning, and they are asking for help from the public.

The woman, who was thought to have been in her late teens or early 20s, was struck at 1:38 a.m. by a North Jersey Coast Line train just south of Manasquan Station.

Police describe her as white with dark hair and hazel eyes. She was about 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighed about 120 pounds.

She was wearing a white t-shirt over a red sweatshirt and white Adidas sneakers with black stripes. She had a set of blue rosary beads and a wooden religious bracelet, and she was carrying a large brown tote bag with the words "New York" on it.
If you have any information that could help police identify the woman, call Detective Marianna Tropeano of the NJ Transit Police at 973-919-9636 or 973-378-6565.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/transit_police_ask_for_help_in.html

[Amusedtdth]

No one has come forward for this woman yet. What a shame in a town like this everyone knows everyone and the summer people haven't invaded yet.

[Nut44x4]

A visual .....

http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/images/unident/monmouth/u480021416comp_s.jpg http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/images/unident/monmouth/u480021416bag_s.jpg http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/images/unident/monmouth/u480021416beads_s.jpg http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/images/unident/monmouth/u480021416bracelet_l.jpg
and this looks like a black sweatshirt to me, not red >>
http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/images/unident/monmouth/u480021416shirt_s.jpg
http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/miss/ui_monmouth_u480021416.html

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CASE INFORMATION On June 15, 2008, an unidentified female was struck by a New Jersey Transit train in Brielle, NJ. The female has straight brown hair and short fingernails painted silver with white diagonal stripes.

NIC# U480021416
Date Body Found June 15, 2008
Estimated Date of Death June 15, 2008

BIOLOGICAL PROFILE

Estimated Year of Birth 1968 - 1988
Sex Female
Race Caucasian
Height 5'3" - 5'6"
Weight 115-130 pounds
Hair Brown
Eyes Hazel

SCARS & MARKS The unidentified female does have a scar on her right abdomen approximately 2 1/4" long indicating a possible appendectomy, a scar on her left hand, and a scar on her right hand.

CLOTHING The unidentified female was wearing a red sweatshirt, a white t-shirt on top of the red sweatshirt, a white partial button down shirt that was wrapped around her waist, light green underwear, white socks, white Adidas brand sneakers with 3 black stripes. In her possession was a brown tote bag with the words New York (shown above). Inside the tote bag was a blue sweatshirt with a winter scene (snow covered trees and a cardinal) (shown above), black jeans with a zipper on the left and right side of the waist, a sun hat with blue flowers, a black/white bandana, and blue/yellow scarf with yellow flowers. The tote bag also had a toothbrush, cap, lighter, and area maps.

JEWELRY The unidentified female was wearing a blue rosary bead type necklace with a cross (shown above) and a wooden bracelet with religious icons/saints on it (shown above).

OTHER Dental characteristics are available for comparison and are charted in NCIC, fingerprints are available, and DNA has been submitted into CODIS.

If you have any information about this case or the identification of this individual, please contact:
The New Jersey State Police at 1-800-709-7090 or e-mail at missingp@gw.njsp.org.

New Jersey Transit Police Department (Newark, NJ) #973-378-6565
all from the link above