A pedestrian was struck by a southbound passenger train around 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday about 100 yards south of Las Positas Road in Santa Barbara, the city police reported. The woman was unconscious but breathing and had a pulse. First responders, including police officers, firefighters, and paramedics, treated the individual, who was taken by ambulance to Cottage Hospital.
The railroad tracks were open by 4:15 p.m. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The woman is the second pedestrian to be hit by a train in Santa Barbara County this month. On August 2, a man was fatally struck by a passenger train near Dwight Murphy Park, marking the fourth train-related death in South County this year.
