Crime & Safety

Police: Man Flees Fight, Leaves Car on Tracks, Train Hits it

Police found the accused in a wooded area in East Riverton.

 

A Delran man's van was struck by a train in Cinnaminson Dec. 8 after he allegedly left it on the tracks to flee after a fight, police said.

Around 11 p.m. the night of Dec. 8, Cinnaminson Police arrived to the 1800 block of Taylors Lane for a report of a fight. Police found an injured victim and found out the suspect fled prior to police arrival.

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The suspect was driving a blue minivan which was found unoccupied on the train tracks at Taylor's Lane and River Road. The train hit it.

Police found the suspect in the wooded area off Taylor's Lane.

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Mehmat Baba, 44, of Route 130 in Delran, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats. 

He was lodged in Burlington County Jail in default of $20,000 bail. More charges are pending.


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