Police Identify Simi Man Killed by Commuter Train
A Simi Valley man killed Friday after being hit by a Metrolink train was identified Saturday as Darren Fisher, 32.
Fisher was struck at about 5:25 p.m. after he tried to pull his dog from the railroad tracks, a police spokesman said. Fisher’s dog also was killed in the accident.
The incident is the second Metrolink fatality in Ventura County and the fourth fatal Metrolink accident so far this year, a Metrolink spokesman said Friday. Ventura County’s first fatal Metrolink accident occurred on Christmas Eve, 1992, when a Simi Valley man committed suicide by jumping in front of a train.
Authorities said the victim in Friday’s accident was thrown about 30 feet into dense brush north of the tracks and was believed to have died instantly. His dog’s body was found nearby.
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