SOUTHLAND : Buena Park Man Killed by Train
A Buena Park man who was sitting on railroad tracks with a friend was killed after he refused to heed a train conductor’s warning to get off the tracks, Fullerton police said today.
Larry Charles Peterson, 43, died about 11 p.m. Thursday when a Santa Fe Railroad freight train knocked him off the tracks in the 1800 block of West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton Sgt. Joe Klein said.
Peterson’s companion, 32-year-old Wesley Park of Long Beach, escaped injuries when he scampered away, Klein said.
Park, who was arrested on the scene for public drunkenness, was released on his own recognizance this morning.
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