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Woman, 32, Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train

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Jan 11, 2009 10:56 pm US/Pacific

Woman, 32, Fatally Struck By Amtrak Train

CHATSWORTH (AP) ― Authorities say an Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a 32-year-old woman Sunday as she was walking alongside the tracks in a railroad tunnel.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office says Myra Theresa Mina-Calove of Woodland Hills was killed just before 4 p.m. when her head hit a grab bar on the side of the train.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mina-Calove was walking with four other people inside the tunnel in the Chatsworth section of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley.

Police say the pedestrians were in an off-limits area.

The train was carrying 400 passengers on the way to Simi Valley.

No injuries were reported from the train.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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