HAWTHORNE – A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday by a train operating on the Metro C (Green) Line, authorities said.
The collision occurred around 4 a.m. about a half mile east of the Hawthorne Station, which is in the 4400 block of West 111th Street, according to the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau and Metro.
Information on the identity of the fatally injured person was not immediately available.
Metro arranged for shuttle buses between the Hawthorne and Crenshaw stations to accommodate rail passengers while an investigation was conducted.