Mother of 8 dies after being struck by train in US, wore noise-cancelling headphones while jogging

Woman fatally struck by train in the US after filming another train with phone

A 47-year-old mother of eight was fatally struck by a train in Arizona, United States (US), on Thursday (15 Oct).

At the time of the incident, the victim, Thelma Candelaria, was reportedly filming a train with her phone.

She was also wearing noise-cancelling headphones, making her oblivious to another train headed towards her.

Victim was wearing noise-cancelling headphones

Before the incident, Ms Candelaria was filming her run on social media in good spirits.

“She was singing along to Jessie Reyes, which is her favourite artist. She was laughing,” her daughter, Alaisha, told local news outlet Arizona’s Family.

Using the victim’s videos and surveillance footage from a nearby establishment, Alaisha was able to uncover what had happened to her mother.

She found that Ms Candelaria was recording one train between two train tracks when another train approached her from the opposite direction.

The incoming train sounded its horn, but the victim did not hear it through her noise-cancelling headphones.

“She had her noise-cancelling beat headphones on. She was in her own world,” Alaisha said.

Both trains sounded their horns

Meanwhile, the Eloy Police Department (EPD) said officers were alerted to an incident involving a train and a pedestrian at around 6.08am on 15 Oct.

They located the victim, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was not immediately identified. She was described as a woman with a medium complexion and build, about 5’4 tall, and wearing a black top and black pants with white shoes.

Notably, officers also found the victim’s damaged orange phone.

According to Arizona’s Family, police said both trains involved in the incident had sounded their horns.

The train that struck the victim also engaged its emergency brake, but could not avoid the collision.

The EPD Vehicular Crimes Unit is investigating the incident and urged anyone with information to assist in the probe.

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Featured image adapted from K8 News, Arizona’s Family.