Then in early December, another man was hit on the tracks by a train and killed in West Berkeley at Bancroft Way and Fourth Street. Now the Chronicle reports that on Monday, at nearly the exact same Bancroft Way and Fourth Street location, a man was hit by a train on those tracks and killed at around 11:37 am. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Alameda County Coroner's Office has not identified the victim.
A commuter train has hit a collapsed retaining wall near Barcelona, injuring several people, officials in the Catalonia region of north-eastern Spain have said. The incident on Tuesday came just two days after the collision of two high-speed trains in Andalucia, in the south of the country, which left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured. A retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks, causing an accident involving a passenger train, the region's civil protection agency posted on its social media accounts.
A cyclist was fatally struck Monday morning on the SMART train tracks in Santa Rosa. The collision happened near Piner Road in Santa Rosa around 10:26 am, and the train was traveling south from Windsor. [Chronicle] San Francisco's Homeward Bound program, which offers free bus and plane tickets to homeless individuals who'd like to return to cities where they came from, appeared to lose some traction in 2025, with fewer people taking the city up on the offer. [Chronicle]
A man died Tuesday morning after being hit by an Amtrak train while trying to walk or run across train tracks in East Oakland, police said. The collision happened about 9:40 a.m. near the intersection of 37th Avenue and E. 9th Street. Police did not identify the man immediately, pending notification of relatives. According to police, the man may have been fleeing from a dispute he had with somebody else in the area.
Wreck can stand on its own, but chances are, you'll want to read both books. Wreck's cover, like Sandwich's, features a soft-focus photograph of an alluring porch-fronted all-American house that telegraphs that this novel is not about a real estate teardown. In fact, the title refers to Rocky's state after being knocked off-kilter by a serious health scare and a local train crash that hits too close to home.
David Davidson, chief operating officer at Southeastern Railway, stated the train was involved in a collision with the van near Teynham and they are cooperating with emergency services and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.
