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A southbound train struck and killed a pedestrian on the tracks at Charleston Avenue in Palo Alto at 7:35 this morning, Caltrain reports. An eyewitness, a student who was on her way to middle school, said the person was an older woman.
At 10:20 a.m., train traffic in both directions was restored, according to Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn. Trains were traveling through the area at reduced speed, but passengers were able to board from the normal platforms at all stations, she said.
Trains were still significantly delayed throughout the morning.
No one was injured on the train, which had 322 passengers, Dunn said.
This is the tenth fatality on the Caltrain right of way this year, she said. Last year there were 12.
— Palo Alto Online contributed to this report.
Not again…I just hope the kids don’t continue this trend from some years back.
a stop sign for the trains with blinking lights when pedestrians cross. Was the woman on her cell phone? Was this premeditated?
Yet another example of train engineers driving recklessly, shamelessly ignoring pedestrian safety. Why are they always in such a hurry? They need to slow down so pedestrians can cross safely. What we need are more stop signs on those tracks, or better still, let’s reduce the number of tracks so those trains just can’t go so fast.
What is needed are pedestrian over or underpasses. Also have a special suicide platform for EZ clean-up and no disruption of service.
The only way to stop these Caltrain accidents or suicides is to get rid of the at-grade crossings. Note that you almost never hear of such accidents involving BART. Unfortunately, it would be prohibitively expensive to modify all the crossings.
How sad that there was the loss of a human life in this accident.
May she rest in peace.
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These ‘accidents’ at this specific, very accessible intersection happen too often in my view. Each of them, whether a teen or an elderly person or an adult, begin to look like carefully timed suicides.
Flashing lights and lowered gates are sufficient warning to anyone, in a car or on foot to stop and wait for the train to pass, before attempting to cross the RR tracks. Traditionally, these warnings of approaching trains give the trains the right of way. Cross traffic is supposed to STOP… period.
I do not normally side with corporate concerns vav folks but in this case I am very suspicious about suicide as the main dynamic It’s time to stop blaming the train drivers and start looking for strange behaviors of people on foot around these intersections.
Yet another another Caltrain suicide reported incorrectly.
A woman apparently COMMITTED SUICIDE when she STEPPED IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING TRAIN.
Why do they always have to sugar coat it. Suicide and depression that leads to it is a horrible thing, but trains don’t kill people. People commit suicide by stepping in front of them…..
I’m surprised that this article isn’t updated with the corresponding Palo Alto Weekly when it’s the same news agency.
A 12-year old girl was, according the other article, an eyewitness to the event, who reported that the woman appeared to have committed suicide by train.