State and NJ Transit officials are seeking to have a judge dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of a Hamilton Township woman who died when she was hit by a train a decade ago.

Tiffany Valiante, 18, was preparing for her first semester at Mercy College in New York when she was struck by a train on the Atlantic City Rail Line on July 12, 2015. The train was bound for the Absecon station when it hit the teen on a secluded stretch of tracks at mile marker 45.

Since her death, Valiante’s parents have been critical of NJ Transit police’s investigation, stressing their daughter was the victim of foul play.

A new lawsuit filed in July under the New Jersey Crime Victims’ Bill alleges Valiante was the victim of a hate crime due to her sexuality based on a recent forensic review and the discovery

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