PALMDALE – A person was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train Friday morning in Palmdale, authorities said.
The fatality was reported around 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, in the 38800 block of Clocktower Plaza Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
According to a tweet by Metrolink, passenger rail service was affected, and the tracks were closed between Palmdale and Lancaster “due to a UPRR freight train striking a person on the tracks. Please expect delays, update to follow.”
The victim was a woman who was fatally injured, according to a source at the scene. This information was not confirmed by authorities, and the victim’s identity has not yet been released pending next of kin notification.
No further information on the incident was immediately released.
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HEMI says
There was a missing woman suffering from depression, I have a bad feeling. Prayers to the family sorry for your loss.
Freight Train says
Suicide.
Insomniac says
Posted @ 1:36am.. you cant sleep either aye? hahaha
Roger says
David it takes nothing but 2 seconds to cross the train tracks. Look both ways and go. Trains are incredibly loud and the vibration they make, you cannot miss it. Especially at 5am in the morning the bright head light. This was probably a suicide or something like that. Sad.
David Priest says
If the City would connect Ave Q at the railway tracks people would have a safe way to get across the tracks to the other side. Delay, study, do another study and finally nothing. People still need to go East and West at their own peril.