3 men killed on train tracks in Commerce

Investigators were trying to determine Tuesday why three men were walking on the tracks in Commerce when a passenger train struck and killed them.

The unidentified men were walking about 9 p.m. Monday on an area of the tracks where there was no room for pedestrians, and they were unable to get off in time to avoid the Amtrak train, said Sgt. Michael Thomas of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

L.A. County fire crews and sheriff's homicide detectives pronounced the men dead at the scene in the 6500 block of 26th Street.

“As far as why, that hasn’t been determined,” Thomas said Tuesday. “Obviously, there is speculation. Were they goofing off? Were they committing suicide?”

The train carrying about 125 passengers was traveling from San Diego to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.

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Comments

[hispryncess]

People should watch the comments that get posted here. understand that friends and family of these 3 young men are in mourning. instead of worrying about the train being delayed getting home late and tourist you should take a minute to thank god it wasnt someone in ur family, or someone that is somehow connected to a member of ur family .use ur energy to pray for everyone involved in the pain the death of these boys has caused.pray that the other kids around will open their eyes and not see this tragedy as a set back to their generation but to step up and move forward and rise up as leaders, strong men and woman. fighters. soldiers. doctors teachers and yes even artist, i know these young men had the dream and desire to become all that..God bless the families and friends and especially all the bitter people worried about the lost time in transit over this

[Smokey the Bear]

Unbelievable. You would think that they would've at least figured out that there was a train coming and made a move but instead they just stayed there.But I mean come on if you see a train coming you can hear it and see it far away, something's wrong in this case. Something strange that we'll never know and its kinda of twilight-zonish.

[Smokey the Bear]

My bad, I didn't read the comments before I made this previous comment. They were taggers and were tagging, I guess they didnt realize how wide the train was and figured it was just going to pass right by them and instead it took their lives. This is very sad and Im sorry the families of those who past away are going thru this.