Riverside police and transportation officials were investigating Sunday the death of a Riverside woman who was fatally struck by a Metrolink train moments after pushing a toddler in a stroller out of the way.
Susan Dibene was pushing her 2-year-old daughter in a stroller across the tracks near Mary Street just south of Indiana Avenue as the Eastbound Metrolink 860 approached just before 7:00 p.m. Saturday, according to the Riverside Police Department.
"The railroad safety arms came down to indicate a train was coming,'' police Lt. Jaybee Brennan said.
The stroller apparently got caught on the tracks. Dibene,33, pushed it out of the way just before being struck.
About 60 people on the train, which originated in Oceanside, were shuttled by bus to the end of the line in San Bernardino.
The two-year old child was taken to Riverside Community Hospital but was not injured. She was released to her grandmother.
Representatives from Metro Link, BNSF, The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, The Riverside County Coroner and the Riverside Police Department all assisted in the investigation, which is ongoing.
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