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One dead following collision involving Metrolink train, vehicle in Ventura County

One person died when a Metrolink train, and a vehicle collided in Camarillo Monday afternoon.
Ventura County Fire Department
One person died when a Metrolink train, and a vehicle collided in Camarillo Monday afternoon.

No injuries reported on board the southbound train.

One person is dead following a collision involving a Metrolink train and a vehicle in Ventura County.

It happened at around 2 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Las Posas Road and Fifth Street in Camarillo.

The driver of the vehicle died. There were five passengers and three crew members on board the Metrolink train. No injuries were reported.

Last week, a Metrolink train and a truck collided at the intersection of Fifth Street and Rice Avenue in Oxnard, leaving a bystander seriously injured.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.