Van Nuys : Car Slams Into Train, Kills 28-Year-Old Man
A Van Nuys man died early Thursday when he drove his car through a lowered railroad crossing gate and smashed into a passing freight train, police said.
Diego Garcia Ochoa, 28, was declared dead at the railroad tracks near Woodley Avenue and Raymer Street, said LAPD Officer Dave Lowenthal.
The Southern Pacific train, which had two engines pulling 50 flatbed cars, was almost past the crossing when Ochoa slammed his car into it at 1 a.m.
“The engineer was unaware there was a collision,” Lowenthal said.
The train continued on to Oakland, he said.
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