A man was struck and killed by a speeding Amtrak train late Monday night in Carlsbad, sheriff’s investigators reported.
The accident happened about 10:20 p.m. on the tracks just south of the 400 block of Tamarack Avenue, San Diego County Sheriff‘s Deputy Christopher Campbell said. Few details of the crash were immediately available.
“A southbound Amtrak train was traveling at approximately 70 to 80 mph when an adult male was struck by the train,” Campbell said. “The male suffered serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Investigators did not immediately know why the victim was on the railroad tracks, Campbell said. Anyone with information about the accident was asked to call the sheriff’s department’s non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200.
— City News Service
