BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Residents petition for safer rail roads. With a recent death from an Amtrak train, residents are signing a petition for change. I went to talk to the community to see how this is impacting them.

For the second time in three months, another person was hit by an Amtrak train in Shafter.

The latest incident happened Saturday afternoon around 1:45. Police say an Amtrak train traveling from Oakland to Bakersfield hit and killed someone that was trespassing at the crossing near Central Valley Highway and Central Avenue.

Now there's a petition drive circulating calling for safer rail crossings, including a proposed bridge in the area. But some residents are skeptical.

Juan Vieyra, Shafter resident, said, "I don't see what good would come from building a bridge. It

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