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Man struck, killed by freight train in Palmdale ID’d

by The AV Times Staff • October 5, 2020

[Image by BRYAN HALL]
PALMDALE – The man struck and killed by a freight train in Palmdale Saturday afternoon has been identified.

He was 31-year-old Anthony Alboniga of Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

The fatal incident happened around 12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Sierra Highway crossing at Palmdale Boulevard, according to Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson.

Alboniga apparently walked in front of a Union Pacific freight train and was killed, officials said.

The freight train belonged to Union Pacific but the resulting track closure impacted Metrolink service through the nearby Palmdale Station at 39000 Clock Tower Plaza Drive, Johnson said.

Antelope Valley line 266 from Lancaster to Los Angeles Union Station was canceled and Metrolink bused passengers around the closure, he said.

Line 263 was held in Acton until the track was cleared just after 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and line 268 was delayed about an hour.

The crew of the train was not injured, according to Union Pacific spokesman Tim McMahan.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Palmdale

8 comments for "Man struck, killed by freight train in Palmdale ID’d"

  1. Laughing says

    October 9, 2020 at 8:04 am

    Really bad depth perception, shoe lace got caught on something, deaf, in a daze, and of course the most often assumed and in this case likely suicide.

    • Yolo says

      October 24, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      So the first thing you is victim blame?! Scumbag!!

      • Laughing says

        October 24, 2020 at 6:45 pm

        Actually there was a comment I replied to asking other than suicide how would a person get hit by a train.
        So kick rocks.

  2. Kevin boyle says

    October 7, 2020 at 6:09 am

    So sad. Mental health is a serious issue! We need to help our loved ones because I gaurentee somebody still needed this man in their lives

  3. ANNON says

    October 6, 2020 at 10:54 am

    Notice how the article didn’t mention anything about suicide? I think a lesson may have been learned after the one across the street from the fire station… Hmmmmm. Don’t jump so fast to conclusions.

    • ocomeon says

      October 6, 2020 at 4:14 pm

      @ ANNON, what do you call it when someone walks in front of a moving train?

  4. Night Train says

    October 5, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    Suicide.

    • Kenneth Brown says

      October 7, 2020 at 2:23 pm

      Lack / awareness of……

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