AUGUST 11, 2009 -A 62-year-old man died when the vehicle he was driving left the 91 Freeway and was hit by a freight train near Corona, authorities said. Howard Mark Carter of Yorba Linda was traveling westbound on the Riverside Freeway when he lost control of his BMW sedan about 5:45 p.m., according to the [...]

AUGUST 8, 2009 - A 70-year-old man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while walking on the tracks near his home, authorities said. Alfredo Aguilar, a longtime resident of the nearby Virginia Colony neighborhood, died at the scene of the train accident in the 14000 block of Avenida Colonia, according to the Ventura [...]

AUGUST 2, 2009 - A man and woman were ejected from their vehicle and onto train tracks, where the man was grazed by a passing train, authorities said. The accident began in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 about 9:15 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The man lost control of the vehicle he [...]

JULY 30, 2009 - A Metrolink train slammed into a car at a San Fernando Valley railway crossing, killing the elderly woman behind the wheel, authorities said. The train collision occurred about 3:45 p.m. near the intersection of San Fernando Road and Pierce Street, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman. The unidentified woman, [...]

JULY 27, 2009 - A Metro Blue Line train fatally struck a man in Compton, authorities said. The train accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. just south of the Artesia station, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. The train involved in the accident runs between Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to the Metropolitan Transportation [...]

JULY 27, 2009 - A 38-year-old man from Goleta died after he was struck by an Amtrak train south of Refugio Beach, authorities said. Murtaza Kassim Ali was struck shortly after 6 p.m., according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. Ali and his wife had just parked their vehicle off southbound Highway 101 and [...]

JULY 21, 2009 - A 27-year-old Santa Barbara woman was hit by an Amtrak train as she attempted to cross the tracks near Gaviota Beach, authorities said. The unidentified woman was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital with serious injuries, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. The train accident happened about 5:20 p.m., approximately [...]

JUNE 23, 2009 - A 45-year-old man was killed as he sat on railroad tracks in San Bernardino County, authorities said. Johnny Rogers of Big Bear, described by authorities as a transient, was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific freight train northwest of Anderson and Stewart streets about 1:15 a.m., according to San Bernardino County [...]

JUNE 17, 2009 - A 43-year-old San Francisco man was injured when he was hit by a passenger train near El Capitan State Beach, authorities said. The man was en route from the Bay Area to Los Angeles with his wife and child when they decided to make a stop near the scenic beach viewing [...]

JUNE 16, 2009 - A 43-year-old woman was struck and killed by a northbound Amtrak train, authorities said. Officials determined the death was a suicide after a note and other personal belongings were found near the scene, according to a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The unidentified woman was standing on the tracks [...]