Metrolink Train Kills 2 Joggers

Accident: Both were running on the railroad tracks in Corona; one was wearing stereo headphones. Trains usually do not operate on Sundays.

September 29, 1997|ALAN ABRAHAMSON | TIMES STAFF WRITER

CORONA — A Metrolink train carrying motor racing fans Sunday morning to the California Speedway struck and killed two joggers who were running on the railroad tracks, authorities said. One of the two joggers, Corona police said, was wearing stereo headphones and may not have heard the train as it roared around a bend, approaching from behind.
Both joggers were killed instantly. The Riverside County coroner's office late Sunday identified them as Raymond Votaw, 53, and Michael Grady, 45, both of Corona.

Corona Michael V. Grady: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) - Thursday, October 2, 1997

Deceased Name: Corona Michael V. Grady

Services for Michael V. Grady, 50, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary in Riverside. He was struck and killed by a train while jogging Sunday.

Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside.

Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary in Riverside is handling the arrangements.

Mr. Grady, who was born in Teaneck, N.J., lived in Corona for 14 years before moving to Fresno in 1995. He returned to Corona less than one week before his death.

He was vice president of Inland Star Warehousing in Fresno.

Mr. Grady is survived by a daughter, Erin of La Mesa; a son, Matthew of La Mesa; his parents, Leo and Yvonne Grady of Ship Bottom, N.J.; a brother, Thomas of Surf City, N.J.; and a stepbrother, Bob Ross of Santa Barbara.