Person Struck, Killed on Caltrain Tracks in Millbrae

By Bay City News Service:

Northbound and southbound tracks have reopened near the scene where a Caltrain fatally struck a person near the Millbrae station Saturday and resulted in major delays, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.

Northbound Caltrain No. 423 struck a person on the tracks around 9:10 a.m. eight-tenths of a mile south of the Millbrae station, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said.

Emergency crews responded to the scene, she said.

The train was moved to the Millbrae station to allow the 720 passengers on board to exit, Dunn said. No injuries were reported to anyone on the train, she said.

The station is located at located at 100 California Drive in Millbrae.

At first trains were not allowed to operate in the area, but as of 10:30 a.m., trains were able to run again on the southbound tracks at about 10 mph near the crash scene, she said.

During the delay, all passengers at the Millbrae station could only board on the southbound platform to catch a train going north or south, Dunn said.

As of 1:45 p.m., northbound tracks were opened and service was returning back to normal, Dunn said.

Caltrain had set up a bus bridge for passengers between the Millbrae station and Broadway station in Burlingame but as of 10:20 a.m. was no longer needed, according to Dunn.

BART and SamTrans honored Caltrain tickets during the delay, she said.