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A person was struck and killed by a train in Palo Alto on Sunday night.
Caltrain Media Relations Manager Tasha Bartholomew said at 8:43 p.m., southbound train 678 struck and killed a person at the Churchill Avenue grade crossing in Palo Alto.
Bartholomew said at 9:19 p.m. that emergency personnel were at the scene and train service was stopped at the incident area.
There are approximately 46 passengers onboard, with no other injuries reported. This is Caltrain’s second fatality of the year.
The person was identified as Stanford graduate student Jonathan San Miguel, according to an April 17 letter by Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for student affairs.
Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin told this news organization that the district doesn’t have any reason to believe the person who died was affiliated with the school district.
Train 678 was released at 10:22 p.m. Northbound tracks were reopened through the area at 9:48 p.m. with speed restrictions of 20 mph.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Transit Police Bureau is investigating the fatal incident.
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