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Officials: Longtime train conductor is first NJ Transit employee to die from complications related to COVID-19

A longtime train conductor has become the first New Jersey Transit employee to die from complications related to COVID-19, officials announced Tuesday.

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Apr 8, 2020, 9:39 AM

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Updated 1,480 days ago

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Officials: Longtime train conductor is first NJ Transit employee to die from complications related to COVID-19
A longtime train conductor has become the first New Jersey Transit employee to die from complications related to COVID-19, officials announced Tuesday.
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The man worked on the Raritan Valley Line, and was with the agency for more than two decades.
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