NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAR 4, 2013 A man walking on train tracks in West Sacramento was struck and killed by a San Jose-bound Amtrak train Sunday afternoon, reports the West Sacramento Police Department. The accident occurred at about 1:50 p.m., about 300 yards east of Harbor Boulevard. “The engineer saw the victim walking along the [...]
From the West Sacramento News-Ledger — AUG 15, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Power went out for around an hour to over 2,000 PG&E customers in West Sacramento on Thursday. The cause? Train versus power line. According to West Sacramento police records, a citizen reported the outage at about 3 p.m. after [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 18, 2012 – A man was hit and killed by a passenger train at about 3:45 p.m. near the Ikea store and Commerce Drive on April 11. Robert LaBrash, Chief Deputy Coroner for Yolo County, said the man has been identified as a 47-year old transient who lived near the site [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 2, 2011 – By St eve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A derailed train car caused a major traffic problem during the lunch hour on Oct. 21, blocking the Jefferson Boulevard/Stone Boulevard intersection and causing a detour and major back-ups. “It wasn’t a rail line issue, it was one particular car,” said Gary Fredericksen, [...]
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