Metrolink Train Hits, Kills Person in Burbank

BURBANK, Calif.—A pedestrian was struck and killed on the tracks of a Metrolink train in Burbank May 24. The crash happened around 5:50 a.m. at the rail crossing at Buena Vista Street and Vanowen Street, along Metrolink’s Ventura County Line, which runs through Burbank to L.A. Union Station. Officers responded to the location shortly after getting a report of a pedestrian being struck, according to the Burbank Police Department. “The train, which was traveling south at the time, slowed to a stop following the collision. There were no reported injuries to passengers on the train,” police reported. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene....