An adult man was killed Monday night after being struck by a Union Pacific freight train on the railroad tracks near Ardith Drive and Calvine Road, right at the Sacramento-Elk Grove border. The collision was reported around 8:42 p.m. to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, which found the man had already died at the scene. Both eastbound and westbound lanes of Calvine Road were shut down for hours while crews investigated. Because the crossing sits on the line between jurisdictions, both the California Highway Patrol and the Elk Grove Police Department are involved in piecing together what happened.
According to CBS News Sacramento, the man has not yet been publicly identified, and the circumstances that led to him being on the tracks were not immediately released by authorities. Fox40 reported that Sacramento County authorities are investigating the fatal train strike alongside Union Pacific. Officials have not said whether the crossing’s warning signals were functioning at the time, and the investigation into exactly what happened remains open.
