Man struck, killed by Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train on Central Coast
A pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train and fatally injured late Monday near Santa Barbara, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. in the area north of Encore Drive, off Modoc Road, about a quarter-mile east of Hollister Avenue, according to the PulsePoint app.
The train, a northbound Pacific Surfliner, was stopped in the area for what Amtrak in a tweet termed a “trespasser incident.”
The pedestrian, who appeared to be in his early 20s, was declared dead at the scene, fire Engineer Mike Gray told Noozhawk.
Personnel from the county Coroner’s Bureau were responding, he added.
The man’s identity had not been released as of Monday pending notification of relatives.
The Central Coast has seen at least four train-involved deaths in recent months.
A pedestrian died Dec. 6 after being hit by an Amtrak train at the Grover Beach train station.
An Amtrak train struck and killed a Grover Beach woman on Dec. 27 while she was walking on the tracks in the 200 block of North Highway 1 in Grover Beach.
On April 11, a man died of his injuries after being struck by an Amtrak train near the 2800 block of Riverside Avenue in Paso Robles.
An Amtrak train hit and fatally injured a man on April 21 near Gaviota.
Noozhawk executive editor Tom Bolton can be reached at tbolton@noozhawk.com .
