Train Accident Leads to Unfortunate Death

Deputy Tony Miller was on the scene immediately when a man walked onto the train tracks near Los Angeles and died last week. Although Miller has been patrolling the busy tracks for less than a week, he was sad to have to inform a family about the death of their loved one so soon.

When Miller discovered the man on the tracks the victim's back was to the train car and he was wearing headphones. They were still blaring music.

While this was his first death on the tracks he has come to discover that there are many accidents that occur along the 22-mile Blue Line. Since it opened in 1990 the track has hosted 101 fatalities, 23 of which were suicides, and 875 collisions with autos and pedestrians. These often occur in the poorer neighborhoods that cross the tracks.

The numbers of train accidents on the Blue Line are among the highest for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which operates five lines.

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