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Train kills man talking on cell
December 7, 2007
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Wednesday after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said.
The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station.
AP
Train kills man talking on cell
December 7, 2007
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Wednesday after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said.
The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station.
AP