LIRR train hits SUV on tracks, 1 killed
Photo credit: James Carbone | A bulldozer removes a mangled SUV from the Long Island Rail Road tracks in Islip. Officials said a train crashed into the vehicle, killing the vehicle's driver and disrupting service on the Ronkonkoma line for several hours. (June 11, 2012)
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A Long Island Rail Road train crashed into an SUV on the train tracks in Islip early Monday morning, killing the vehicle's driver and disrupting service on the Ronkonkoma line for several hours, officials said.
An eastbound train out of Penn Station crashed into the SUV near the crossing at Route 111 at about 4:30 a.m., LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena said.
The SUV was dragged about 200...
