Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Train in Carlsbad
Sheriff's Lt. J.T. Faulkner said the apparent suicide was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
A train struck and killed a pedestrian on a stretch of tracks near Batiquitos Lagoon Thursday.
The rail fatality off the 7200 block of Ponto Drive in Carlsbad was reported just after 1:30 p.m., sheriff's Lt. J.T. Faulkner said.
The pedestrian struck was a white male adult. He succombed to his injuries at the scene. A cause and manner of death, as well as a positive identification of the decedent will be determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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The victim's name and age were being withheld.
–City News Service
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