Victim fatally struck by NJ Transit train near Plainfield station ID'd as city teen
MyCentralJersey.com
PLAINFIELD - The man fatally struck Saturday by an NJ Transit train has been identified as a city resident.
The victim was identified as Lorenzo Bautista, 18, of Plainfield, according to Lisa Torbic, NJ Transit senior public information officer.
Around 6:40 p.m. Saturday Raritan Valley Line train 5530, which had left the Raritan Station at 6:14 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cranford at 6:54 p.m., struck and fatally injured the pedestrian near the Plainfield Train Station, Torbic said.