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Man struck, killed by Metrolink train in Palmdale

by City News Service • November 15, 2017

PALMDALE – A man in his 40s was killed when he was struck Tuesday night by a Metrolink train in Palmdale in what authorities said appears to have been a suicide.

The train traveling from Los Angeles to Lancaster was approaching the Palmdale Station at 39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive at 30 miles per hour around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, when the conductor spotted the man standing on the tracks, said Lt. Anthony Gunn of the Sheriff’s Palmdale Station.

The conductor blew the train’s horn twice at the man but the man refused to move, Gunn said. The train was unable to stop in time and struck the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other injuries were reported.

The crash prompted Metrolink to cancel two trains, AV Lines 225 and 227, and buses were provided for passengers.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Palmdale

3 comments for "Man struck, killed by Metrolink train in Palmdale"

  1. PTSD is real says

    November 15, 2017 at 11:39 am

    Poor conductor… it must be horrible to witness a suicide.

    • Briefs says

      November 15, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      It’s pretty horrible being on the train as it runs over someone. I was on the train that ran over a man in Via Princessa. That was almost ten years ago, but I was done riding the Metrolink after that.

      • my open yawn says

        November 18, 2017 at 8:55 am

        I can empathize, I witnessed the “after math” of a city bus running over two seniors YEARS ago, I can no-longer ride the city bus- and I can’t drive…

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