Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead on Tracks in East Bay Area Was Aliso Viejo Resident

BART officials have not said how or why he got on the tracks.

The Contra Costa County coroner’s bureau has identified the person found dead Monday on BART tracks between the Concord and North Concord stations as Malikyar Mirwais, a 48-year-old man from Aliso Viejo.

It appears Mirwais was struck by a train because he suffered severe trauma, coroner’s Deputy T. Biggs said today.

BART officials have not said how or why Mirwais got on the tracks.

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