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Victim fatally struck by NJ Transit train near Plainfield station ID d as city teen
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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.
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NJ Transit officials have identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a train over the weekend as an 18-year-old Plainfield man.
Lorenzo Bautista was struck by Raritan Valley Line train 5530 near the Plainfield station around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, NJ Transit spokeswoman Lisa Torbic said.
None of the approximately 30 passengers on board the train were injured, Torbic said.
The train left the Raritan Station at 6:14 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Cranford at 6:54 p.m.
New Jersey Transit police were leading the investigation.
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