Man 'parked on train tracks' [trying to kill himself and his girlfriend]

new24 ^ | 5-22-2007 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

Los Angeles - A man trying to kill himself and his girlfriend by stopping a car on railroad tracks died on Monday when a commuter train crashed into the vehicle, police said.

The girlfriend survived.

The man drove the car in front of a group of other vehicles stopped at a railroad crossing in the San Fernando Valley neighbourhood of Sunland, said officer Mike Lopez.

The driver, who was seen arguing with his girlfriend, parked the car on the tracks moments before a northbound Metrolink train crossed the road, Lopez said.

[bedolido]

He was successful... she was fortunate and lived.