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A Metro Gold Line train struck and killed a pedestrian who may have deliberately moved into its path Monday in the Highland Park area.
The pedestrian was struck around 11:15 a.m. in the 100 block of North Avenue 61, and died at the scene, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fatally injured man was in his 30s, said coroner’s Chief Craig Harvey. His name was not immediately released.
Los Angeles Police Department officials said the death was being investigated as a possible suicide.
Buses were initially brought in to shuttle passengers between the Southwest Museum and South Pasadena stations until mid-afternoon, when service resumed with trains sharing a track at the Highland Park station. At about 5:30 p.m., service resumed on both tracks, but Metro spokesman Joe Lemon said service was still limited, with three-car trains running every 20 minutes.
Lemon noted that the Gold Line is Metro’s safest rail line, with only two fatalities since it opened in 2003, and both were suicides.
— City News Service