The coroner Sunday identified a 32-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train after stepping onto the tracks in Corona.

The death occurred at around 6:30 a.m. Saturday at the Joy Street crossing of the BNSF railroad.

Alejandro Uribe Saldana of Corona was struck by a BNSF train and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the coroner’s office.

BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent said it appeared the man walked onto the tracks in an area without a crossing.

–City News Service

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