Man killed by Arrow train in Redlands; police investigating probable suicide

No passengers or crew members were injured after the incident Sunday night near Texas Street.

Man killed by Arrow train in Redlands; police investigating probable suicide
An Arrow passenger train travels through Redlands in this file photo. Police are investigating the death of a man who was struck by a train Sunday night west of Texas Street. (File photo by Laser1987)

REDLANDS, Calif. — An unidentified man died Sunday night after being struck by an Arrow passenger train in Redlands in what police are investigating as a probable suicide.

Police and Redlands Fire Department personnel responded shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, July 26, to the Metrolink tracks west of Texas Street.

According to the Redlands Police Department, the conductor reported the man entered the path of the eastbound train after it departed the Esri station west of Texas Street.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin.

No passengers or crew members were injured, police said.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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