Crime & Safety

Teen ID'd In Deadly Peninsula Caltrain Strike

The teen was hit by a train traveling south on the Peninsula.

BURLINGAME, CA — A man who was killed last week on Caltrain tracks in Burlingame has been publicly identified. He was just 18.

According to the San Mateo County coroner's office, Alexander Wolf died after being hit by a train around 6:38 p.m. Friday. Wolf was on the tracks at Morrell Avenue when he was stuck by southbound train No. 380

None of the 370 passengers on board the train were reported injured.

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Caltrain officials said it was the agency's seventh fatal collision this year.

The collision is still under investigation, according to the coroner's office.

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— Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone / Bay City News Service contributed to this report

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