BERKELEY, Calif. — A 32-year-old woman died last night when she drove around closed railroad crossing gates and into the path of an Amtrak train, the Contra Costa Times reported.
The woman drove around the gates blocking Camilia Street near Interstate 80 at 9:40 p.m. and stopped on the tracks as the train approached, Union Pacific railroad spokesman Mike Furtney said.
Nobody was injured on the Capitol Corridor train, which was delayed until 1:30 a.m. while Berkeley police and deputies from the Alameda County Coroner’s Office investigated.
The coroner’s office withheld the woman’s identity this morning because her family had not been notified. Furtney did not know how fast the train was moving, though the speed limit along that section of track is 79 mph, he said.