A Union Pacific maintenance worker who was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train has been identified as Roberto Ramirez, 56, of Visalia.
Ramirez died of multiple traumatic injuries when the pickup truck he was riding in was struck by a Metrolink commuter train east of El Monte on March 20, said Lt. Brian Elias of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
The coroner’s office considered the death an accident. Metrolink officials had earlier said there was no evidence that the employee deliberately placed himself in the train’s path.
The Metrolink tracks at the accident site run parallel to Union Pacific’s freight tracks. Ramirez was responsible for maintaining and inspecting the Union Pacific tracks at the site.
Officials have not disclosed why Ramirez was in the path of the Metrolink train.
— Rong-Gong Lin II
Photo: An investigator examines the site of the crash that killed a Union Pacific employee and injured three train passengers. Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times