Signs of Life

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SFAGTE.com:

(12-06) 06:38 PST SAN LEANDRO -- (12-06) 09:28 PST SAN LEANDRO - A pedestrian who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro while apparently absorbed in a cell phone call has been identified as 16-year-old Daniel Segundo.

Segundo, a San Leandro resident, walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks before being hit at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station, authorities said.

The circumstances of Segundo's death remain under investigation. None of the 20 passengers or crew aboard the train was injured.

Crew members aboard the Sacramento-bound train told authorities they saw Segundo talking on the cell phone before he was struck and that the warning lights and gates at the crossing were functioning properly.

In the past a sign that said 'STOP LOOK LISTEN' was enough. Then they added lights. Then crossing arms to physically block the roadway were added. (Side note: when I moved with my parents to a small-ish California town (<2000>), and yet people are still managing to get killed.

OK people, a quick primer on crossing train tracks: