The woman who was hit by a Metro train, alongside toddler in Monrovia, California has been identified. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, on Thursday, April 16, disclosed the fatal victim’s name as Therese Papagayo, a 36-year-old resident of Monrovia, while the male toddler remained unidentified in the accident reports.

The ghastly crash took place around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, in the areas of California Avenue and Duarte Road.

According to a report shared by an officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau, Ramon Montenegro, the train was en route from Monrovia Station when the collision happened.

The locomotive was reportedly traveling north on the L Line, formerly referred to as the Gold Line, then it encountered Papagayo and a toddler on a non-pedestrian designated area, and fatally struck them.

Police said the unidentified tot was under the age of two. Both victims died at the site of the tragic collision.

The accident reports did not ascertain why the two pedestrians were on the railroad track at the time of the traffic occurrence.

Following the locomotive-pedestrian accident, railroad travel was interrupted for at least five hours. As a result, several trains plying to and fro the Monrovia and Duarte stations were delayed or canceled.

The Monrovia Police Department, Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau, and Metro responded to the crash to assist in the investigative procedures.

The investigations would determine the circumstances that led to the crash.

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