A male pedestrian was killed when he was struck by a train on the North County Transit District tracks along the bluffs in Del Mar on Sunday evening, officials said.
The crash occurred about 9:50 p.m. just north of Torrey Pines State Beach, according to the county Sheriff’s Department.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff’s officials said. The train was back in operation by 3:24 a.m., according to a sheriff’s dispatcher.
The Sheriff’s Transit Enforcement Unit was investigating the crash.
The name and age of the victim will be released by the Medical Examiner’s Office pending notification of his family.
Anyone with information about this case can call the Sheriff’s Department’s non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200.
This is the 10th death caused by a train strike in San Diego County so far this year. Four deaths occurred over a five-day period in January, and four more were reported in February, including a man using a motorized wheelchair hit by a train in Vista on Feb. 29. There also was a man killed March 6 in Carlsbad.
Staff writer Karen Kucher contributed to this report.
