Woman, 55, Hospitalized After Struck by Metrolink Train in LA

By City News Service
City News Service
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August 5, 2023Updated: August 5, 2023

A 55-year-old woman was struck by a Metrolink train in Boyle Heights on the evening of Aug. 4 and is critically injured.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the 2500 block of East Olympic Boulevard, near the Los Angeles River, around 6:10 p.m. regarding a pedestrian being struck by a Metrolink train, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Paramedics took the woman to a hospital, Ms. Stewart said.

It’s unclear what led to the pedestrian getting struck by the Metrolink train.

The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating the collision.