Southbound Caltrain #284 struck and killed a 24-year-old male resident of Sunnyvale at the Palo Alto Caltrain station last night around 7:30 p.m.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that the person acted intentionally,” Samtrans Public Information Officer Christine Dunn wrote in a press release.

Roughly 115 passengers were on the train when it hit the man. The train was not scheduled to stop at the Palo Alto station.

This is the fourth fatality on the Caltrain right of way this year.  Eleven fatalities occurred on the Caltrain right of way last year; nine have been deemed suicides by the coroner’s office and two are awaiting final investigation.

–Joshua Falk