A Caltrain struck and killed a person at 8:45 this morning (March 4) at the Churchill Avenue crossing in Palo Alto, said police Capt. James Reifschneider.
Palo Alto police and firefighters were first on scene and confirmed the person had died before handing the case over to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, which provides policing for Caltrain.
Caltrain released automated messages saying there is police activity on the tracks and there is an “unknown cause” for the current delay.
Caltrain no longer releases information about when someone dies on the train tracks.
As a result, it is not clear how many people have died on the tracks this year or last year.
I go to Palo Alto high school and people at school are saying that it was a kid who died.
returning federal workers don’t know how to drive.
Caltrain’s policy of concealing deaths isn’t working out so well.