Metrolink Train Runs Over Anaheim Woman

November 5, 2008 6:43 p.m. EST

Anaheim, CA (AHN) - A 68-year-old woman died after she was struck by a Metrolink train in Anaheim, California on Wednesday morning.

Orange County police identified the victim as Ruth Lopez. She was struck by a northbound train at La Palma Avenue around 8:45 a.m. in what appeared as a suicide.

Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez told the OCRegister.com that the victim laid down on the tracks as the train was approaching. Metrolink train No. 685, which was en route from Laguna Niguel to Union Station in Los Angeles ran over the woman.

The train only stopped at Orangethorpe Avenue and transferred its passengers to another train. Traffic at La Palma Avenue was stopped for four hours as police investigate the accident site delaying some Metrolink trains.