Police: Man Fatally Pushed Woman Into California Train

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A person accused of fatally pushing a girl in entrance of a freight prepare in Southern California has been arrested, authorities stated.

The girl, whose title has not but been made public, was hit by the prepare Monday morning within the metropolis of Riverside, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles, police stated Thursday.

Riverside police stated in an announcement that the lady and the person, Kevin Errol Lewis, had been in an argument subsequent to the railroad tracks that turned bodily.

In the course of the altercation, Lewis allegedly shoved the lady he was in a relationship relationship with into the trail of the prepare, killing her, police stated.

Officers discovered Lewis, 41, close by and detained him, police stated. He’s being held in jail with out bail on suspicion of homicide and home violence, in addition to a number of excellent warrants for theft and narcotics violations.

Lewis, whom police described as a transient man, is scheduled to seem in court docket on April 25, on-line jail information confirmed. It was not instantly clear whether or not he had an legal professional who might communicate on his behalf.

The killing was much like a loss of life in New York Metropolis in January that shocked town after after a girl was pushed to her loss of life in entrance of a subway prepare beneath Occasions Sq. in an apparently unprovoked assault. Police charged Martial Simon, whom authorities stated was homeless, within the slaying of Michelle Alyssa Go.

Simon is being held in a hospital jail ward and is scheduled to return to court docket on Tuesday, on-line jail and court docket information present.

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