BURLINGAME (KRON)—One person has died after being struck by a Caltrain in Burlingame Tuesday afternoon, according to the transit agency.
Caltrain officials reported the incident on Twitter around 2:32 p.m. about a collision involving Train No. 151 heading towards San Francisco.
The crash happened near Howard Avenue just south of the Burlingame station involving a person trespassing on the tracks.
Bus shuttles took passengers around the scene until the southbound tracks reopened. Trains were able to single-track through the area around 3:15 p.m.
The bus bridge was canceled at 3:26 p.m.
Train service was just about back to normal by about 4:15 p.m.
This is the 12th fatality involving Caltrain in 2016.
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— 511 SF Bay (@511SFBay) December 27, 2016