Man Killed by Train in Apparent Suicide
A San Fernando Valley man in his early 20s apparently killed himself Friday night by walking into the path of an oncoming Metrolink train in Northridge, authorities said.
Witnesses told police that as the Moorpark-bound train neared Louise Avenue about 6:20 p.m. a man was seen walking along the center of the track, Metrolink spokesman Peter Hidalgo said. Repeated soundings of the train’s horn did not deter the man, Hidalgo said.
Metrolink trains have struck and killed 26 people since operations began in 1992. Nine of those fatalities were determined to be suicides, according to Metrolink.
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