LIRR train strikes vehicle; service on Ronkonkoma Branch restored

CENTRAL ISLIP, Long Island (WABC) -- Service on the Long Island Rail Road's Ronkonkoma Branch has been restored after a train struck a vehicle near Central Islip.


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Earlier, service was suspended, after LIRR officials say just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the 4:12 train from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma struck a vehicle on the tracks at the Carlton Avenue crossing.
The 500 people who were on the train were evacuated, and placed on buses at the Central Islip train station.
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No injuries have been reported.

It is not known why the car was on the tracks at the time.