A veteran Metro-North worker was struck and killed by a train in East Harlem early Monday, the latest in a series of accidents at the beleaguered commuter railroad.
The employee, 58-year-old James Romansoff, was working on the tracks near East 106th Street and Park Avenue when he was hit by a Poughkeepsie-bound Hudson Line train that left Grand Central Terminal at 12:47 a.m., a Metro-North spokesman said.
Romansoff was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not been released. The Yonkers man had spent eight years with the railroad's power department, and was part of a crew restoring power to tracks that had been closed for weekend maintenance work when he was hit.
Service was suspended while emergency crews worked, and the three dozen passengers on the train that hit the worker were transferred to another train. Service was restored before the morning rush.
"The entire Metro-North family mourns the loss of a colleague and a friend and we offer our deepest condolences to Jim Romansoff's family," Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti said in a statement.
Metro-North authorities and MTA police are investigating, along with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Metro-North-Worker-Hit-By-Train-East-Harlem-249254501.html
Saw this on my friend's page, condolences to his family.