An Amtrak train at the Carpinteria train stop in November. An Amtrak train was traveling northbound from Ventura toward Carpinteria Friday evening when it struck two people just south of the Santa Barbara County border near Faria Beach Park. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
An Amtrak train at the Carpinteria train stop in November. An Amtrak train was traveling northbound from Ventura toward the Carpinteria train stop Friday evening when it struck two people just south of the Santa Barbara County border near Faria Beach Park. Both were pronounced deceased. Credit: Evelyn Spence / Noozhawk photo

Two people were were killed when they were struck by an Amtrak train just south of the Santa Barbara County line Friday night, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

Capt. Tony McHale told Noozhawk that emergency crews responded at around 9:45 p.m. for a report of a train that had struck a pedestrian near the Faria Beach Park campgrounds.

Upon arrival, crews found two people on the tracks, according to McHale.

“Unfortunately, they were deceased,” he said, adding that it was not immediately clear what the circumstances were that led to the collision.

Their names, ages and genders were not known as of publication.

The train was traveling northbound toward the Carpinteria train stop in Santa Barbara County at the time of the collision.

Additional information was not immediately available.

— Noozhawk South County editor Evelyn Spence can be reached at espence@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.