Person Fatally Struck By Freight Train In Berkeley: Officials

BERKELEY, CA — A Union Pacific Railroad freight train fatally struck a person in Berkeley on Monday morning, according to a statement from the company.

Union Pacific said in a statement that a person had trespassed onto the railroad tracks in the area of Hearst and Fourth streets when they were struck by the train around 11:45 a.m.

Nobody aboard the train was injured, but the crew is being offered support after witnessing the person being struck and killed, officials said.

The identity of the person struck and killed was not made publicly available.