Crime & Safety
Report: Man Hit by Train May Be Missing East Windsor Teen
Branstrom's personal effects were found on the train tracks near an unidentified body that was struck by a train, according to the Times of Trenton.
The body of a man struck by a high-speed passenger train Friday morning may be of missing East Windsor teen Riley Branstrom, according to the Times of Trenton.
Branstrom, 18, went missing on Monday when he was last seen near Hightstown High School at around 2:30 p.m. His phone was tracked to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Freehold and his truck was located in the parking lot of Princeton Junction parking lot Thursday afternoon.
According to the Times, police started searching the surrounding area of the Princeton Junction train station Friday morning and one of the police dogs located the body. Some of Branstrom’s personal effects were found near the train tracks, the Times reported. However, the body has not yet been positively identified.
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