As I was exiting the freeway, the train was stopped engine facing north. With the door open. Looks like it may have been going southbound and hit would look to potentially be a homeless man. He was face down on the tracks facing south. It looks like the conductor was standing near him.
Man Hit by Train Near Olive Mill Rd Exit
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September 9, 2020, 5:41 am
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Because homeless frequently hangout near train tracks
Because homeless frequently hangout near train tracks
It’s also near the location of previous suicide by train by the homeless. It’s happened a couple times. I wish more people realized how hard it is to be on the streets, without roof, without bed, without bathroom. I was there once in the early 1970s, and two women that ran a local outreach mental health clinic took me in. I got to sleep in one of the clinic rooms in exchange for janitor duties at the end of each day. Do outreach services like that exist in today’s America? For sure people were nicer then. It was “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It would be nice to return to that ethic.
It’s also near the location of previous suicide by train by the homeless. It’s happened a couple times. I wish more people realized how hard it is to be on the streets, without roof, without bed, without bathroom. I was there once in the early 1970s, and two women that ran a local outreach mental health clinic took me in. I got to sleep in one of the clinic rooms in exchange for janitor duties at the end of each day. Do outreach services like that exist in today’s America? For sure people were nicer then. It was “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It would be nice to return to that ethic.
Maybe I missed it, but I never saw any media coverage of this event. Who was the victim? What was his or her story? It is as if he/she didn’t exist. I think we should know more details to understand the homeless crisis – if indeed this person was homeless. So very sad to die anonymously.