Crime & Safety

Man Struck and Killed by Amtrak Train

Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators are looking into the death of a man who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train today on the tracks at Valley Boulevard and Pierre Road.

The Walnut sheriff's station received a call at 6:04 a.m. about an unidentified man who was hit on the tracks by a train headed westbound, Lt. John Saleeby said.

Investigators are uncertain if it was an accident or a suicide, Saleeby said.

The sheriff's Homicide Bureau is investigating.


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