Train Kills Woman Trying to Save Dogs
A homeless woman trying to save her dogs from an onrushing Amtrak train was killed Tuesday night, along with one of the dogs, as dozens of horrified commuters looked on.
The woman, identified only as a 48-year-old transient, was trying to cross the tracks just north of the Santa Ana station about 6:30 p.m. when the wheels of the shopping cart bearing her belongings got stuck on the tracks. The woman had two dogs with her, one of which was tied to the cart.
As a San Diego-bound train approached, several passersby tried to persuade the woman to get off the tracks, said Cpl. John Tucker, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department “She just wouldn’t leave those dogs.”
The train, traveling at about 40 mph, hit the woman, dragging her about 30 yards and killing her instantly. One of her dogs was killed in the crash and the other was seriously injured.
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