A 31-year-old Costa Mesa man was killed after his BMW was hit by a freight train in Riverside, according to a news report. Riverside police said that Christopher Lee Pantoja Sampayan died at the scene, although police were able to pull him from his BMW before it burst into flames. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office…
A man in his late 70s was pulled from his car just minutes before it was hit by an Amtrak train in Fullerton, according to a news report. The man was driving a Cadillac west on Commonwealth Ave. and apparently ran a red light and was struck by the driver of an SUV in the…
A man in his late 20s has been struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train and killed in an Orange County train accident, according to a news report. Authorities say that the man was walking east on the tracks near the Fullerton Transportation Center when he was hit by the eastbound freight train,…
A 23-year-old sailor from Laguna Niguel died after being hit by a train he was attempting to board in a suburb outside Chicago, according to a news report. Chase Church, a 2006 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School, was with a group of friends just south of the Highwood station when he was struck and…
An unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Riverside after attempting to cross the tracks at Buchanan Street and Magnolia Avenue. According to a news report, the pedestrian had stopped to let a freight train pass, then stepped around the gate after it had gone by, only to be struck by…
Eight people were injured when a stalled minivan was hit by a Metro Blue Link train in South Los Angeles recently. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of the minivan was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunk driving. All eight people were taken to local hospitals with injuries – two…
A 64-year-old man in a wheelchair fell onto the BART tracks and was hit by a train at the Hayward BART station in the California Bay Area. The victim, Curtis Fuller, survived, but was treated at the trauma center at Eden Medical Center and admitted to the critical care unit. Witnesses say Fuller appeared to…
During a recent visit by President Obama to Portland, OR a motorcyclist was killed when security measures on Interstate 84 snarled traffic, causing a traffic accident. The westbound lanes were completely closed to accommodate the President’s motorcade, and eastbound traffic ground to a halt when motorists slowed down, hoping to catch a glimpse of the…
A Metrolink commuter train struck and killed Debbie Ann Schwartz as she walked along the tracks near the Casa Blanca section of Riverside, California. Ms. Schwartz died at the scene. No one on board the train was injured. However, this was not the first fatal train accident to take place in Riverside. In April of…
