Paramedics were called to the scene in the 8700 block of Reseda Boulevard at about 11:10 a.m. and pronounced the victim dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The fatality forced some passengers to take buses. Authorities did not immediately release information about the pedestrian's identity.

The northbound Amtrak train No. 14, the Coast Starlight "struck one pedestrian on or near the railroad tracks west of Reseda Boulevard," the LAFD reported.