ONLY ON CVP: An 81-year-old Ridgewood driver escaped injury and was issued a summons after her car was struck by a train in Ho-Ho-Kus today.
The eastbound 2008 Honda Accord was struck by the #77 Main Line train headed to Port Jervis from Hoboken at Brookside Avenue around 4:40 p.m., NJ Transit’s William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
A crossing signal and gate were damaged in the crash and the Honda had to be towed.
Roughly 70 passengers were picked up by another train, Smith said.
Ho-Ho-Kus police, firefighters and EMS workers responded, along with NJ Transit police.
PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving (who also contributed to this photo)
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