Coast Starlight Trespasser Incident

[moosejunky99]

And they are waiting for the cops to arrest them or kick them off the train??

moosejunky99

 

[Maglev]

A "trespasser incident" usually means someone was trespassing on the right-of-way, and was hit by the train.

 

[roadman3313]

I was on 14(4) and we also had a trespasser incident about 15 minutes south of San Jose last night. Handled professionally with announcements throughout. About a 3.5 hour delay as it was a busy night for the coroner. Arrived to San Jose around midnight (give or take).

 

[moosejunky99]

oh i see.. thanks for explaining

 

[Devil's Advocate]

A UK study found that most "trespasser incidents" as we call them were likely to be intentional acts of suicide. I'm unaware of a US study to compare with the UK findings but the causes and motivations are likely to be similar.

 

[joelkfla]

A UK study found that most "trespasser incidents" as we call them were likely to be intentional acts of suicide. I'm unaware of a US study to compare with the UK findings but the causes and motivations are likely to be similar.

At least in a specific case: it's been reported that Brightline in FL had the highest rate of pedestrian deaths by train in the U.S., and that the majority of them were apparent suicides.

 

[flitcraft]

In areas where train tracks are adjacent to homeless encampments, I think some of the incidents may be accidental, possibly linked to substance use or mental illness that makes the danger of trains less apparent to the victim.