Victim of Possible Train Suicide in Hayward Named

By Bay City News

A woman who was struck and killed by a train Sunday night in unincorporated Hayward has been identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as 56-year-old Patricia Ann Sherwood of Hayward.

Sherwood was struck by the train on West Blossom Way near Times Avenue at about 8 p.m. Sunday, Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson said.

The death is being investigated as a possible suicide, Nelson said.

Nelson was uncertain whether the train involved was a passenger or freight train.