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Posted: Thursday, 09 July 2009 7:26AM

Garbage Truck Hits Light Rail Train



HOBOKEN, NJ (AP)  -- Authorities say a garbage truck struck a light rail train carrying about 20 passengers in northern New Jersey Thursday.

There are no reports of serious injuries.

NJ Transit spokesman Joe Dee says a garbage truck ran a red light and struck the light rail train at New York Avenue in Hoboken around 6:30 a.m.

Dee says there was minor damage.

The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train was headed from Bayonne to North Bergen.

There were slight delays and the line was back on schedule by 7:20 a.m.

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