TULARE, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol says a man was struck and killed by a train in Tulare County after returning to retrieve his lunch and other items from the car he had abandoned on the tracks.
CHP Officer Scott Harris said the man and his brother were on their way to work around 6 a.m. Monday when they became disoriented in thick fog and made a wrong turn onto the tracks about 15 miles south of Tulare.
Harris said the man drove about 100 feet down the tracks when his car got stuck. The men tried to dislodge the car, but abandoned it after they heard the coming train.
The man was struck when he returned to get the items. He has not been identified.
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