The train operator who died after a NJ Transit River Line train hit a downed tree Monday has been identified by an attorney for her family as a Bucks County mother of three.
Jessica Haley was killed when the train crashed in Mansfield Township, Burlington County on Monday, attorney Kila Baldwin of the firm Anapol Weiss said in a statement shared with CBS News Philadelphia.
Baldwin, who issued the statement on behalf of Haley’s family, said the 41-year-old single mother of three boys from Levittown, Pennsylvania worked for Alstom, the contractor to NJ Transit, for 20 years.
“This never should have happened, and we will be investigating the case carefully to hold all responsible parties accountable. The family is understandably devastated and intends to pursue this matter to the fullest extent of the law to prevent anyone from ever suffering the same fate as Jessica,” Baldwin said.