Man killed by train Man killed by train (April 02, 2004)

Conductor witnessed suicide
by Teresa C. Brown

A 21-year-old Pleasanton man was killed last Saturday when he was struck by a train near Santa Rita Road by the Jensen housing tract. Based on police investigation, the death was declared a suicide, said Pat Walsh of the Pleasanton Police Department.

Police said the man, Charles Tice, was killed instantly. Officers responded to a call reporting that a person had been hit by a train at 7:47 p.m., Walsh said. The train conductor reported seeing the man lie down on the tracks as the train approached.

His identification and other personal property were found in a "neat pile" on the ground near where he was hit, about 75 yards east of Santa Rita Road, Walsh said, adding that there were no signs of a struggle or altercation. Police from Union Pacific and Pleasanton jointly investigated the death.

Tice was a 2001 graduate of Amador Valley High School.

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