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Woman Killed in Metrolink Accident

CREATED Oct. 9, 2011

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RIVERSIDE - An investigation is under way Sunday after a mother pushing a stroller was struck and killed by a Metrolink train.

It happened just before 7 p.m. Saturday night in Riverside.

Eastbound Metrolink 860 struck Susan Dibene at the Mary Street/Brockton Avenue grade crossing. Dibene, 33, lived in Riverside.

According to investigators the crossing arms were down, and the warning lights were flashing. Dibene had been pushing her two year old toddler when the wheel got stuck in the track.

The mother was able to push the stroller out of harms way, but she lost her own life. Remaining passengers were to taken by bus to their final destinations.

 

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