LOS ANGELES COUNTY : 2 Men Killed by Metrolink Trains in Separate Accidents
Two men were killed Monday by Metrolink trains in separate accidents, raising the number of Los Angeles commuter train deaths to three in the past four days.
Metrolink officials said it is the first time two people have died in a single day since the train service began in 1992.
The latest death was Monday about 5:20 p.m. when a 41-year-old man wearing headphones and listening to loud music was struck from behind as he walked on the train tracks between Riverdale Drive and Goodwin Avenue on the southeast border of Glendale, officials said.
The man, whose identity was being withheld until his family was notified, lived nearby and often used the railroad tracks as a short cut from his bus stop to home, authorities said.
Earlier in San Fernando, a man in his 30s was killed when he dived into the path of a Metrolink commuter train at a rail crossing, authorities said. The man’s identity also was withheld pending notification of relatives.
On Friday evening, 21-year-old Barry Alfred George of Northridge died after he walked into the path of an oncoming Metrolink train in Northridge.
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