Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Train

A body is discovered on Union Pacific Tracks at 9:02 a.m.

An adult female pedestrian was struck and killed by a train near Lankershim Boulevard and Sherman Way, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Her body was found on Union Pacific tracks at 9:02 a.m. on Friday, said LAFD spokesperson Katherine Main.

The last train to have ridden those tracks passed by around 3:30 a.m., she said.

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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the death.

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