Pedestrian is killed by Blue Line commuter train
December 3, 2010 | 9:50
pm
A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a southbound Blue Line light-rail train late Friday in Willowbrook, an unincorporated area near Compton, authorities said.
The incident was reported about 7:40 p.m. near the 130th Street crossing, said Gayle Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
No one on the train was reported injured, she said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death.
-- Hector Becerra