Slow-moving Light Rail train hit 2-year-old in Jersey City

Published: Thursday, October 06, 2011, 11:24 AM Updated: Thursday, October 06, 2011, 11:55 AM
By Kate Kowsh/The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY ? A Light Rail train traveling on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line struck a 2-year-old child at about 5 p.m. Wednesday near Essex and Greene streets in Downtown Jersey City, NJ Transit officials said.

"It was traveling at a slow rate of speed when, unfortunately, two young children ran out in front of the Light Rail vehicle," NJ Transit spokeswoman Penny Bassett-Hackett said. "And the vehicle came into contact with one of the kids."

The child was treated at the scene and released, said Bassett-Hackett, who added that no other injuries were reported.

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