Palo Alto High School Student Suicide: A Caltrain struck and killed a person at 8:45 am on March 4, 2025, at the Churchill Avenue crossing in Palo Alto, said police Capt. James Reifschneider. It might be a suicide by a student of Palo Alto High School.
Palo Alto police and firefighters were first on scene and confirmed the person had died before handing the case over to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, which provides policing for Caltrain.
Caltrain released automated messages saying there is police activity on the tracks and there is an “unknown cause” for the current delay.
Caltrain no longer releases information about when someone dies on the train tracks.
As a result, it is not clear how many people have died on the tracks this year or last year.
A person from Palo Alto said that he went to Palo Alto High School and people at school were saying that it was a kid who committed suicide.
Another person said “This morning a student, likely from adjacent Palo Alto High School, was killed in a likely suicide at the Churchill crossing after putting themselves into the path of an oncoming Caltrain“
