Crime & Safety

Train Strikes, Kills Person on Tracks Near Moorpark

The Amtrak accident occurred Thursday morning.

A male pedestrian was hit and killed by a train in the Moorpark area of Ventura County Thursday morning.

The northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 761 struck the person about six miles north of the Moorpark train station at 9:20 a.m., according to a spokesperson for Amtrak.

None of the train's 43 passengers were injured. Some passengers were taken to their destination by from the accident site while others continued their journey on a Coast Starlight train that was delayed behind the Surfliner train.

The Surfliner train, which runs between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, was sent back to Los Angeles from Moorpark at about 12:25 p.m.

No further information about the victim was available at the time of publishing. Patch will update this story as details become available.


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