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Posted: 10:27 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013

Man and dog killed by Amtrak train

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HAYWARD, Calif. —

A pedestrian and his dog were killed when an Amtrak train struck the pair in Hayward Monday morning, a Hayward Fire Department spokesman said.

The fire department received a report of a man hit by a train near Jackson Street at 7:47 a.m., fire spokesman LaShon Earnest said.

When firefighters arrived, they found the man and his dog deceased, he said.

 

It is believed that the man was walking the dog and pushing a bicycle across the tracks when a southbound Amtrak train hit them, Earnest MAP said.

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