POMONA, Calif. – A man was killed Sunday morning when the car he was driving crashed into a freight train in Pomona.
The crash occurred just after 2 a.m. on Palomares Street north of First Street, according to a Pomona Police Department press release.
Arriving officers discovered a sedan had apparently broadsided a moving Union Pacific Railroad train at a high rate of speed, police said.
Los Angeles County firefighters pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.
It was not known whether drugs and/or alcohol played a role in the crash, police said. Union Pacific was cooperating with the investigation which shut down Palomares Street between First Street and Commercial Street.
Anyone with information was asked to call traffic investigators at 909- 802-7741 or 909-620-2048.
