2 people killed in separate Caltrain crashes in San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed Thursday in separate Caltrain crashes in Mountain View and Palo Alto, San Francisco Bay Area of U.S. state of California, according to Caltrain and police.

The first collision occurred at 1:30 a.m. at the Rengstorff Avenue crossing. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a southbound Caltrain, according to Mountain View police.

At 12:10 p.m., a southbound train fatally struck a person at East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto. Trains were temporarily operating on a single track and later resumed operations at limited speed restrictions, Caltrain said.