Authorities have identified the second man struck and killed by a train in Moorpark in recent days.

Jesse Zepeda, 47, of the Moorpark and Simi Valley areas, died Monday after the crash occurred just after 11:30 a.m. near Avenida Colonia and and Nogales Avenue, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.

Zepeda was killed as he placed flowers on the tracks for another man fatally struck last Saturday by an Amtrak train, authorities said.

Monday's fatality occurred around 11:33 a.m., when a northbound passenger train from Los Angeles was traveling through the city at about 70 mph, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, which provides police services in the city.

Zepeda was pronounced dead at the scene. Tracks in the area pass underneath Highway 23 east of the station on High Street.

Witnesses told police the man had been on the tracks placing flowers for a 38-year-old Moorpark man who was killed in the same area around 4:40 p.m. Saturday by a northbound Pacific Surfliner passenger train.

Witnesses on Monday reportedly advised the man to get off the tracks before the train came through, but he failed to do so in time, sheriff's officials said.

Some 226 passengers and three crew members aboard the train, which was headed to Seattle, were not injured. The tracks were closed in both directions for about two hours and 15 minutes as law enforcement officers investigated.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy James Cochran at 805-532-2700.

Last Saturday's death has since been ruled a suicide, authorities said Tuesday.

The Suicide Crisis Line, for both English and Spanish speakers, can be reached at 800-273-8255.