Santa Barbara resident William George Carmichael, 56, was identified by the Sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau as the man struck and killed by a train near the Modoc Road crossing in Santa Barbara on Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick confirmed Carmichael’s identity on social media Wednesday afternoon, following up on reports that a pedestrian was hit by an Amtrak train in the late afternoon on Tuesday.
Witnesses reported that around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a train suddenly stopped near the train crossing at Modoc Road and Hollister Avenue and was repeatedly blowing its horn. Emergency crews arrived and saw that a pedestrian was hit by the train, and the victim was reported dead on scene.