18-year-old woman dies after hit by train

Published: 6/12/2012 1:35 pm

Updated: 6/12/2012 1:39 pm

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- A San Marcos woman died after she was hit by a train late Monday.

Police say 18-year-old Angelina Isabel Castillo was walking on the railroad tracks at Post Road and Aquarena Springs Drive just before 11:00 p.m. Monday, when she was hit by an Amtrak train. She was taken to Central Texas Medical Center where she died shortly after 1:00 a.m. Tuesday.

An autopsy has been ordered and her death is being investigated by the San Marcos Police Collision Investigation Team, Amtrak Police and Union Pacific Police.

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freedumusa1 - 6/13/2012 12:31 PM

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I hate to say it but she was rail kill. people just don't learn not to play with trains. to@just me I guess her Momma didn't teach her right so its her momma fault. As i an engineer for Amtrak i see this all the time cars trying beat trains people playing chicken with the trains. this is also hard on us and crew of my train when stuff like this happen

Seeker1970 - 6/13/2012 11:40 AM

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How does a pedestrian get hit by a train? The train has a bright light on the front, they are loud, the tracks start to vibrate when they get close and if the conductor sees the pedestrian they will blast a very loud horn.

Just Me - 6/13/2012 9:31 AM

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Whatever the reason she was walking the tracks, she didn't need to die. This was a very young person, and her life has ended tragically, so lets not pass judgement. A mother has lost a child because of this and it breaks my heart.

goodmichael - 6/13/2012 8:48 AM

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There is a reason why it is illegal to be trespassing on railroad property. The engineer at the controls of the train has absolutely no way to stop a train for a pedestrian or a car on the tracks unless they are forewarned. A loaded train weighs hundreds of tons. That mass versus a pedestian is less of a shock than a bug on a windshield. Sorry she died, but there are sidewalks and goat trails to get you where you are going if you are a pedestrain, a railroad track is not a pedestrian thoroughfare.

1pumpchump - 6/12/2012 4:29 PM

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Damn, she had to be blonde. To stand there & argue whether they was deer tracks or cow tracks, ain't good.

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