SANTA FE SPRINGS >> A 14-year-old girl died after she was struck by an Amtrak train in Santa Fe Springs on Friday night, authorities said.
The collision was reported just after 8:45 p.m. along the 11300 block of Rivera Road, between Pioneer and Norwalk boulevards, Whittier police Lt. Steve Dean said.
The girl was believed to be sitting on the tracks, listening to a radio or other device, when the train approached, officials said. She apparently did not see the train in time to get out of its way.
The train braked prior to striking the girl, but could not stop in time, Dean said.
“The victim was flown to a local hospital where she died,” Whittier police said in a written statement.
The identity of the teenage victim was not available Saturday pending positive identification and notification of family, Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner Lt. David Smith said.
No further information regarding the circumstances of the incident was available Saturday.
An audio device is also suspected to have played a role in another train accident last weekend in Montebello.
A man was seriously injured when he was clipped by a Union Pacific freight train about noon Sunday near the 400 block of South Vail Avenue, according to Montebello police Lt. Julio Calleros.
The man was listening to headphones and did not hear the train approaching and blaring its horn, he said.

PHOTO courtesy of the Whittier Police Department.