Sunday, March 3, 2013 Last updated: Monday March 4, 2013, 7:27 AM BY KAREN ROUSE STAFF WRITER The Record Pages: 1 2 3 > display on one page | Print | E-mail NJ Transit doles out millions of dollars each year to settle claims related to pedestrians who have been struck by NJ Transit buses, resulting in brain injuries, crushed hands and feet, disfigurement or — in a few cases — death, records show. Passaic police examining the scene where a man was killed by an NJ Transit bus last year. Fatal accidents are not common, but the agency spends millions to fight injury claims. TARIQ ZEHAWI/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Buy or license this photo Passaic police examining the scene where a man was killed by an NJ Transit bus last year. Fatal accidents are not common, but the agency spends millions to fight injury claims. Over a nearly three-year period, the agency paid $20.5 million to peo http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/other_state_news/Injury_lawsuits_are_a_costly_part_of_NJ_Transit_lie.html