Shafter residents push for safer railroads after Amtrak deaths

Shafter residents push for safer railroads after Amtrak deaths

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 trespas…