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Elderly Driver Killed as Metrolink Train Strikes Truck Near Camarillo

CHP is investigating the Las Posas Road crossing crash.

Overview

  • The collision occurred Thursday around 2 p.m. at the railroad crossing near Las Posas Road and 5th Street in the Oxnard Plains area outside Camarillo.
  • Southbound Metrolink Train 118 struck a Honda Ridgeline on the tracks between the Oxnard and Camarillo stations.
  • All 14 passengers and the two-person crew reported no injuries, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Authorities have not released the identity of the deceased driver, whom CHP described as an elderly man.
  • Passengers were bused to Moorpark Station, several Metrolink trains were canceled, and Fifth Street was closed between Las Posas and Pleasant Valley for the investigation.