Man Walking on Tracks Is Killed by Train
An unidentified man was killed Friday morning by a Metrolink train as he walked along the tracks in Glendale, authorities said.
He apparently ignored the engineer’s horn as he walked on the tracks near Doran Avenue, about a mile west of the Glendale Metrolink station, said Francisco Oaxaca, a Metrolink spokesman.
“This was a situation where the individual was actually walking on the tracks, on the ties between the rails,” Oaxaca said.
The section of track on which the man was struck is not fenced, he said, noting that the section of track skirts an industrial area.
No passengers aboard train No. 202, bound for Los Angeles from Lancaster, were injured, Oaxaca said.
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