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A man struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond was identified Friday as 37-year-old Michael Shumake.
Shumake, a city resident, was hit by a westbound Capitol Corridor train near the Richmond station about 3:40 p.m. Thursday. He was facing away from the train when he was hit, and his death is being treated as an accident, authorities said.
BART is reporting that Pleasant Hill station is closed due to a major medical emergency, and there are delays of up to 30 minutes in both directions on the Pittsburgh-Bay Point line.
The person was reportedly hit around 10 a.m.
BART police located the person, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Trost said BART police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
Trains are single-tracking through the area but are not stopping at the Pleasant Hill station.
A pilot who had thrilled audiences for decades with acrobatic stunts was killed when his vintage biplane crashed upside-down on a runway at a Northern California air show.
Sunday’s tragedy brought to a quick halt the “Thunder Over Solano” show at Travis Air Force Base, which was attended by an estimated 100,000 spectators. No one else was injured.
A 58-year old woman pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy in September.
Jennie Zhu, a San Francisco resident, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the manslaughter charge and two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury after hitting a car on Pine and Gough streets on the morning of Sept. 27.