Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS - Trains remain stopped and some have been cancelled after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Sunday afternoon.
The pedestrian was struck near the 500 block of Terrace Drive. The tracks are between Cataract Avenue and the 57 freeway. The pedestrian was hit around 1:41 p.m. March 5. The tracks are closed between the Metrolink Covina Station and the Pomona North Station, according to Metrolink. Train 359, which struck the pedestrian, was bound for Los Angeles. MTA buses are picking up passengers from Covina making stops to Los Angeles. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor SAN DIMAS - While most everyone else was fixated on a murder suspect barricaded in Charter Oak, authorities investigated the death of a woman struck by a Metrolink train Wednesday.
Train 326 bound for San Bernardino struck the pedestrian under the 57 freeway overpass in a non-pedestrian area around 5:50 p.m., according to Scott Johnson, Metrolink spokesman. The tracks between the Covina Metrolink Station and Metrolink Pomona (North) were closed for hours during an investigation. The victim, only described as being in her 30s, was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead at 6:37 p.m., according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The collision affected five other trains and 1,000 passengers, Johnson told SGV CityWatch. The tracks were cleared at 8:28 p.m. and train service resumed, Johnson told SGV CityWatch. |
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