39-year-old man struck and killed by Amtrak train in Fresno
A 39-year-old Fresno man was struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train Sunday night.
The incident happened just before 8:30 p.m., in the area of Safford and Santa Fe avenues. According to the Amtrak schedule, the northbound San Joaquin train would have left from the downtown Fresno station minutes earlier.
Service on the train was temporarily suspended, according to Amtrak spokesperson Kimberly Woods, with 41 passengers on the train at the time of the crash.
On Monday, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as John Romero and said the death is being viewed as an accident.