CA Man Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train Monday While Placing Flowers On Tracks For Man Killed By Train Saturday

MOORPARK, CA. (THECOUNT) — An unidentified 46-year-old man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Moorpark, California, Monday morning, while placing flowers on the tracks for another man who was fatally struck by an Amtrak train on Saturday, authorities said.

A witness told authorities that a man had been on the tracks placing flowers around 11:33 a.m. Monday for 38-year-old Robert Melgoza, who was killed by a train in the same area around 4:40 p.m. Saturday, when he was also struck and killed by a passing Pacific Surfliner passenger train.

Onlookers say they advised the man to exit the tracks before the train came through, but he failed to do so in time, sheriff’s officials said.

The tracks where the tragic accident occurred are located near Avenida Colonia & Nogales Avenue, in Moorpark, Ca.

Monday’s fatality occurred around 11:33 a.m., when a northbound passenger train from Los Angeles was traveling through the city at about 70 mph, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which provides police services in the city. Some 226 passengers and three crew members aboard the train, which was headed to Seattle, were not injured. The tracks were closed in both directions for about two hours and 15 minutes as Moorpark police investigated.source

Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy James Cochran at the Moorpark Police Station at 805-532-2700.