The reasons for this year’s increase in deaths along North San Diego County’s train tracks might be tougher to ascertain in the short term, but what our communities don’t need are loose theories and crass comments about the victims.
A recent uptick in fatal train collisions in San Diego County is raising alarm bells for city and law enforcement officials. The number of deadly incidents along the rails has spiked this year, renewing concerns over access to mental health services for people at risk of suicide.
A man believed to be an Encinitas resident died in a bicycle mishap just after midnight Sunday, March 17, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department reported.
A woman was hit and killed by a train in the Encinitas community of Cardiff on Saturday, Feb. 10, the fourth such fatality along North San Diego County tracks since the start of the year.
A man was killed in San Marcos on Jan. 23 when his car collided with another near the intersection of West San Marcos Boulevard and Discovery Street, authorities reported.
Authorities are investigating a second train death along coastal North San Diego County this week after a man was hit and killed by an Amtrak train in Carlsbad on Monday, Jan. 15.
