Man hit and killed by Amtrak train in Oakland is identified
Cesar Ramos, 41, was hit and killed by an Amtrak train on Friday.
OAKLAND — A pedestrian struck and killed by an Amtrak train Friday in the Fruitvale district was identified Tuesday as Cesar Ramos, 41.
The Alameda County Coroner’s Office did not have an address for Ramos.
He was struck by an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train headed to San Jose about 8:45 a.m. Friday in the area of 37th Avenue and San Leandro Street. Authorities said at the time he was walking on the railroad tracks when the train struck him. He died at the scene.
No one on board the train was hurt.
The name of a woman struck and killed last Wednesday by an Amtrak train in Berkeley still has not been released. The coroner’s office is working to confirm her name and notify her family before releasing it.
The collision happened as she was walking on the tracks near Harrison Street, authorities said.