Tag: Edison Train Station
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Car became wedged underneath elevated platform at the Edison Train Station causing delays
EDISON – A car became wedged underneath the elevated platform at the Edison Train Station early Wednesday morning, July 24, blocking one track, resulting in delays on the New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor, according to Lisa Torbic, senior public information officer for NJ Transit. A 65-year-old Edison man had dropped off a passenger at the…
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Edison officials honor train station heroes
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It was handshakes and a round of applause for three men who jumped six feet onto the Edison Train Station platform to save a woman who fainted and fell on the tracks last month. Mayor Thomas Lankey presented proclamations to Anil Vennavalli, Piscataway, Inamul Hassan, Edison, and Prasad…
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Edison PBA awards heroic efforts
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — For a Piscataway man’s recent heroic efforts in saving another person, Edison Police Benevolent Local 75 is paying it forward. The Edison PBA presented Anil Vennavalli, 34, Piscataway, a check on May 1 for $1,000 to thank him for his selfless act as well as a way to…
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Good Samaritan robbed of laptop at train station
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A superhero feat was followed by a crime of opportunity, which Police Chief Thomas Bryan has called “nothing less than appalling and disgusting.” Last week Anil Vennavalli, 34, of Piscataway, dropped his backpack containing his laptop computer and leaped onto the Central Avenue train station’s tracks to rescue…