Update: 2 killed in separate Caltrain incidents in Mountain View, Palo Alto
PALO ALTO – Authorities are investigating after two people were killed by passing trains on the Caltrain tracks in separate incidents Thursday.
Officials said the first incident took place around 1:30 a.m. at the Rengstorff Avenue crossing Mountain View, when a southbound train hit a pedestrian. The final cause of death and identification of the victim will be determined by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner/Coroner's Office, according to a Caltrain news release.
The train involved in the early morning collision had 14 passengers on board and no other injuries were reported.
Around 12:10 p.m., the agency reported a second fatal collision involving a pedestrian that took place at East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto involving a southbound train.
There were approximately 68 passengers onboard, with no other injuries reported, transit officials said.
Shortly after 12:45 p.m., the agency announced that transit police had reopened the northbound tracks.
Thursday's incidents mark the agency's third and fourth fatalities of the year.
The victims' names have not been released.
