SUV gets trapped after driving down NJ Transit tracks

🚆The SUV drove onto the tracks near NJ Transit's Rutherford Station

🚆It was lifted off the tracks by a crane

RUTHERFORD — How did an SUV wind up on the NJ Transit tracks Wednesday morning?

The SUV got stuck on the tracks near NJ Transit's Rutherford station Wednesday morning causing a brief suspension in service.

Pictures posted by RLS Metro Breaking News show the SUV straddling a rail on the westbound track near the station and a crossing at Park Avenue.  According to RLS, the driver got out of the SUV and walked back to the crossing without injury.

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How did this happen?

Spokesman Kyalo Mulumba told New Jersey 101.5 the driver made a wrong turn at the crossing and got stuck on the tracks. No summons were issued to the driver whose identity was not disclosed. An investigation is ongoing.

NJ Transit on its X account said Main-Bergen Line service was delayed just before 7 a.m. due to the vehicle. Service was suspended briefly between Westmont and Secaucus while the SUV was lifted off the tracks.

A 65-year-old Old Bridge man survived being struck by a NJ Transit Track Maintenance Vehicle in November in Aberdeen he drove through the crossing.

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