Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Struck by Freight Train in Pomona
The unidentified man was walking across the tracks when he was hit.
A man walking across a stretch of tracks was killed by a freight train in Pomona today, authorities said.
Firefighters were sent to the area of North Park Avenue and West First Street about 6:40 a.m., said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Quvondo Johnson.
A Metrolink spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicates the man was struck by a Union Pacific Railroad train while trying to walk across the tracks. Two westbound Metrolink trains were delayed while an investigation was conducted, the spokesman said.
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The death was being investigated by the Pomona Police Department. The name of the dead man was not immediately released.
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