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May 5, 2009 8:05 pm US/Pacific

Teen Boy Killed By Caltrain; 2nd Death In 2 Days

PALO ALTO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ―

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A commuter train struck and killed a teenage pedestrian in Palo Alto on Tuesday, marking the rail's second fatality in as many days.

Caltrain spokeswoman Mary Knuckles the victim, a teen boy whose name had not been released, was hit by a northbound train at the East Meadow Drive crossing shortly after 8:20 a.m.

Knuckles said the gates at the crossing were down, and the lights and bells were working normally.

On Monday, a woman was struck and killed by a Caltrain in Mountain View in what authorities said was an apparent suicide.

The woman sat down on the tracks less than a half-mile north of the San Antonio station and was hit by a southbound train around 11:30 a.m.

Monday's death was Caltrain's first pedestrian fatality this year.