GLENDALE — Officers from Glendale Police Department are leading the investigation into the death of a 35-year-old woman who was killed Wednesday when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a downtown Los Angeles-bound Metrolink train at a crossing in Glendale.
The crash was reported around 9 a.m. Wednesday on Brazil Street, just west of the intersection of San Fernando Road and Broadway, between the Burbank Downtown and Glendale stations, according to Metrolink Public Affairs Manager Laurene Lopez.
The victim — who was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as Zukhra Kurbanova — was pronounced dead at the scene, her body visible outside the mangled silver vehicle.
According to the Glendale Police Department, the vehicle was traveling northbound on West San Fernando Road when the driver attempted to make a right turn onto Broadway, which turns into Brazil Street at that point.
“As the vehicle entered the crossing, it was struck by a Metrolink train traveling on the tracks,” according to a police statement.
The train, Number 206 on the Antelope Valley Line, was stopped on the tracks for hours after the collision.