Woman charged with DWI for driving car onto Weehawken train tracks

Friday, March 9, 2018
WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey (WABC) -- As if mass transit didn't have enough problems: A New Jersey woman was arrested and charged after a car ended up on train tracks in Weehawken early Friday morning, officials said.

At around 3 a.m., Port Authority Police received a call about a car stopped on the light rail tracks on River Road near the Lincoln Tunnel.
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Police interviewed the driver, 37-year-old Rajani Subramanian, of Edgewater, and gave her an alcohol test, which she failed.

Subramanian was charged with DWI and reckless driving, and the car was impounded, officials said.
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NJ Transit deemed the tracks safe, and there were no injuries.

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