Crime & Safety

Caltrain Reports Fatality On Tracks Sunday Afternoon

Delays reported along the train line.

Caltrain officials are warning riders to expect delays in both directions after a person was fatally struck by a train in Atherton this afternoon.

The incident was reported around 12:53 p.m., when a person was struck by southbound train #802 in the Atherton Caltrain station.

Trains are stopped in the area with roughly 1,200 people onboard.

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Around 1:15 p.m. Caltrain officials said they were in the process of arranging a SamTrans bus bridge to accommodate those passengers.

--Bay City News

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