BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- The Long Island Rail Road says a 27-year-old man was struck and killed by a train in Brentwood.
A LIRR spokeswoman says the 5:41 p.m. train out of Penn Station struck the man at the Brentwood Road gate crossing at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. She says the gates were down and flashing.
She did not know why the man was on the tracks. His name was not immediately released.
Passengers on the Ronkonkoma branch experience delays of up to an hour.