FONTANA, Calif.—Police were investigating the deaths of two people suspected of stealing cargo from containers on a Union Pacific train in Fontana, California, on Dec. 29. The suspects died in a crash after fleeing from police.
A train conductor called police at about 4 a.m. to report a maroon van parked along a stopped train. The van first appeared to have been struck by a train, according to the Fontana Police Department.