Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Eric Salvatierra PayPal vice-president dies after being hit by commuter train

A top PayPal executive has been killed after being hit by a commuter train as he stood with his bike on the tracks in California.

The body of Eric Salvatierra, 39, PayPal's vice-president and a married father of three, was identified Sunday by San Mateo County coroner's investigators.

Caltrain, the train operator, said Mr Salvatierra was standing on the northbound tracks on Friday morning in Menlo Park when hit.

An investigation is underway as authorities try to understand why he was on the tracks.

As a father of three girls under the age of 10, family say there wasn't anything that suggested he was suicidal as most cases of train-related deaths are reported. Read More

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