PALO ALTO — A female pedestrian was hit by an oncoming Caltrain late Tuesday morning near the Palo Alto station.

A northbound train that departed San Jose at 11:10 a.m. hit the woman on the tracks in Palo Alto at 11:45 a.m., Caltrain officials said. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported the woman to the hospital.

The train, which had about 200 people on board, left the station about 12:45 p.m and allowed northbound service to resume, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. Southbound trains resumed service through the area about 12:20 p.m.

The incident marks the third Caltrain collision in less than 24 hours, following a fatal incident with a vehicle Monday evening in Menlo Park and a person who was struck and killed near San Francisco .

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