Gothamist76%

NJ Transit: Service resumes after Montclair train collision, feds investigating0%

By David Giambusso0%

12/20/2025, 6:39:08 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 64.5% saturation with 89 hits. Analysis detected 99 faulty-reasoning hits from 138 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 20,518 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.

NJ Transit said service has resumed after two trains collided in Montclair, New Jersey Friday night, injuring more than a dozen people. 
The agency began alerting customers at around 7 p.m. that train service on the Montclair-Boonton line had been suspended due to “police activity” near the Bay Street station. 
It was later revealed the police activity was because two NJ Transit trains had collided, “leading to a minor derailment” according to agency posts on social media. 
NJ Transit said the accident led to 17 “non-life threatening” injuries. 
Six people were hospitalized  all of them NJ Transit crew members  but were released as of Saturday morning, the agency said. 
Service resumed on the line at around 10 a.m. Saturday. 
The National Transportation Safety Board said its team arrived Saturday to lead an investigation into the collision. 
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