A northbound Caltrain heading up from Gilroy to San Jose on Wednesday struck and killed a man on the tracks in South San Jose, police and Caltrain reported.
Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said the man walked onto the tracks at the Tamien station at 6:40 a.m., and was killed by train No. 217.
This is the sixth Caltrain fatality this year. In 2011, there were 16 Caltrain-related deaths, Dunn said.
The tracks are 300 yards south of Southside Drive in San Jose.
Dunn said trains were delayed for about 40 minutes, but all the tracks re-opened by 9:45 a.m.
In an unrelated incident, Dunn said another northbound train struck a man Tuesday about 5:45 p.m. south of the South San Francisco station, although that man survived.
San Jose police responded to the scene, but the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office investigates
train-related crashes that occur the Gilroy area.
