The L.A. Police Department said a call came in at 6:13 p.m. reporting the fatal Metrolink collision at Roscoe and Balboa Boulevards.
Initial reports from the L.A. City Fire Department said crews arrived to find two female patients who were beyond medical help, and determined them dead at the scene.
However, LAPD said that the victims were described as one female and one male.
Details are limited, and neither organization immediately gave a definite statement regarding the victims’ identities.
Unconfirmed reports said the victims were both adults, but officials had not confirmed their ages as of 8:30 p.m. Monday.
One of the passengers hours after the incident, said that when the train first stopped, officials initially said it was because a passenger opened an emergency door unauthorized.
However, the passenger said it was soon announced that the train had hit pedestrians.
“They kept us on the train for a while so that they could tell us exactly what to do because it was a sudden event, and then they finally said ‘You have to go,’” said the passenger. “I think it’s gonna take a while to take care of the incident.”
LAFD said all questions are referred to LAPD, Metrolink and the L.A. County Department of the Medical Examiner.