A train at an LIRR train station

A train at an LIRR train station Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost

The Long Island Rail Road has restored service Tuesday night between the Huntington and Port Jefferson stations after a man was fatally struck by a train near Greenlawn, an LIRR spokeswoman said.

The LIRR said in a tweet at 8:36 p.m. that service was restored.

Police from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responded to the scene near the Greenlawn station at 6:21 p.m., Kayla Shults, an LIRR spokeswoman, said. The man died at the scene and his identification was not released pending family notification, the railroad said.

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