Pedestrian Struck by Train in Oxnard
Update by Oxnard Police Department
On 11/7/17, at approximately 1028 hours, Oxnard Police and Fire were dispatched to a train accident involving a pedestrian on Fifth St., east of Rose Ave. Upon arrival, EMS personnel pronounced the victim on scene (a 32-year-old Hispanic male and Oxnard resident).
Preliminary information indicates the victim was jogging alongside the railroad tracks and, for some unknown reason, walked onto the tracks and into the path of an oncoming Amtrak train. An investigation is continuing and witnesses are asked to contact Sergeant Arnett at (805) 385-7763.
By an edhat reader
The Oxnard Police Department is on-scene investigating a fatal collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a pedestrian, on Fifth St., east of Rose Ave. For anyone who is planning on using the Amtrak train today or expecting to pick someone up, it will be severely delayed.
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Nov 07, 2017 11:35 AMWas the train heading north or south?
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Nov 07, 2017 12:58 PMIt is the Coast Starlight heading for Seattle and at 12:57pm is 1hr. and 1 min. late.
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Nov 07, 2017 01:18 PMCorrection, it's Surfliner 763 to San Luis and at 1:15pm is 1 hr 51 min. late. Read the wrong late train initially.
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Nov 07, 2017 03:35 PMI saw the train stopped near the Mission Street exit around 2:30 pm today, thought it was odd. Not sure if it normally stops there?
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Nov 07, 2017 07:54 PMPassenger trains have to give way to freighters on the line. Amtrak does not own the rail lines.
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Nov 08, 2017 10:12 AMKids have been playing chicken with the train near Mission street if they keep it up they will lose sooner or later.
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Nov 07, 2017 05:19 PMThis is a bad situation not just for those obviously involved, but also for the thousands of people affected by yet another delayed train. It would be cost prohibitive to fence all the tracks, but jeez, if this get any more frequent, Amtrak will have to figure out a solution. I am sad for the person killed, and for the train personnel.
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Nov 08, 2017 08:47 AMWas the deceased wearing headphones and listening to music or talking to someone via headset? I see many joggers doing this, oblivious to traffic and other dangers that their sense of hearing would alert them to. I discovered how big a role hearing plays as I lost the hearing in one ear. It's so important, I've had to buy hearing aids. (Don't get me started on the cost--must be made of platinum.)
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Nov 08, 2017 09:06 AMWhenever you are going to meet a train, or board one, be sure to call and see the time it will pull into the station. Saves waiting, sometimes a long time, for it to arrive. There can be any number of reasons for being late.