Obituaries
BART Accident Victim Identified as Hayward Man
A fund has been started to send the victim's body back to the Philippines for burial.
HAYWARD, CA - A 31-year-old man who became pinned between a BART platform and a BART train Wednesday night at San Francisco's 24th Street station has died, according to the city's medical examiner's office.
The victim has been identified as Hayward resident Jeff De La Fuente.
The incident began sometime after 6 p.m. when De La Fuente fell onto the tracks, in what appears to be an accident.
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De La Fuente was semi-conscious when firefighters rescued him from the tracks, according to fire officials.
"It looks like it was a tragic accident," BART spokesman Jim Allison said this afternoon.
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A GoFundMe page has been set up in order to help De La Fuente's family bring his body to the Philippines, where he will be buried.
The goal is $25,000 goal.
— Bay City News; Image via GoFundMe