Los Angeles Area Cargo Thefts Turn Deadly

Los Angeles Area Cargo Thefts Turn Deadly
A train rides towards Amariillo outside of Dumas, Texas on Dec. 5, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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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.

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