Crime & Safety

COMMUTER ALERT: Caltrain Single-Tracking After Fatality

BREAKING: A person was hit and killed in San Mateo area.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – Trains are single-tracking at restricted speeds through the area where a person was fatally struck on the tracks in San Mateo this afternoon, according to Caltrain officials.

At around 2:35 p.m., a southbound train struck a person on the tracks near Belleview Avenue, between the San Mateo and Burlingame stations, Caltrain officials said.

About 700 passengers were onboard at the time.

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Further information about the fatality was not immediately available.

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