Bicyclist struck, killed by train in downtown Oxnard
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A bicyclist was killed after being struck by a train in downtown Oxnard late Tuesday morning, authorities said.
The collision, reported at11:09 a.m., occurred as the 32-year-old victim was riding on the northbound tracks leading to the Oxnard Transit Center at Fourth and Meta streets, according to fire, police and railroad reports.
Oxnard Police Cmdr. Luis McArthur said the cyclist was about 100 yards south of the transit center as an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train approached from behind. The conductor sounded the horn several times but the cyclist remained on the tracks, he said. The train couldn t stop in time before hitting the rider.
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An Oxnard woman was stabbed to death Friday night in what police are calling a domestic violence homicide.
The incident unfolded around 9:55 p.m. at a home on the 1100 block of West Hemlock Street, the Oxnard Police Department reported. The site is in the Bartolo Square North neighborhood, generally southeast of Wooley and Ventura roads.
Officers found Karla Novela Cabrera, 27, inside the house with multiple stab wounds, mostly in the upper torso, Cmdr. Luis McArthur said. Family members, including Cabrera s two children, both under 10, were eyewitnesses, McArthur said. Cabrera was taken by ambulance to Ventura County Medical Center where she later died.