The Merced Sheriff’s coroner’s office has identified the two individuals who were hit and killed by a train in Merced County.

The two individuals were struck by the trains on the BNSF Railroad on Santa Fe Drive in less than a week.

On June 30th, 2020, at approximately 9:55 p.m., Deputies responded to the area of Santa Fe Drive and Walnut Avenue for a report of a train vs pedestrian, the coroner’s office identified this individual as 68-year-old Amador Joe Caldera from Winton.

The following is a link to a gofundme account for anyone who wishes to donate to the family of Amador. https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-services-for-amador-j-caldera

The most recent train vs pedestrian occurred on July 4th, 2020, it happened in the area of Santa Fe Drive and Business Park Way just after 3:00 p.m., deputies responded to the area of a train vs pedestrian, upon arrival, deputies located an Amtrak train stopped, deputies also located 22-year-old Tucker Leavitt from Merced deceased.