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Woman Struck, Killed By Amtrak Train On South Coast

Investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who was struck, and killed by a train on the South Coast.

It happened Tuesday afternoon in Summerland.

A woman believed to be in her 30’s was hit by a northbound Amtrak passenger train.  She was pronounced dead at the scene.  Her name hasn’t been released.

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. 
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