SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) -- ABC7 News has learned that the man struck and killed by a Caltrain earlier this week was trying to help another man off the tracks, at the Santa Clara station Monday night.
Investigators looked at surveillance video. They say Scholz reached for the man on the tracks and both were hit by an express train. Scholz died on the tracks.
was a marketer for computer graphics company Nvidia
Scholz grew up in Washington state, moving to the Bay Area after high school to attend Santa Clara University. That's where he met his wife, although they didn't start dating until after college, eventually moving to Pleasanton together a decade ago.
Services
10 a.m. Feb. 10
Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St., Pleasanton
Posthumously, Philip was awarded a Carnegie Hero Medal.
Philip Scholz died attempting to save a man from being struck by a train, Santa Clara, California, January 20, 2014. A man went to a point between the rails of a track at a commuter train station, just off the raised platform, as an express train traveling at 70 m.p.h. approached the station on that track. A commuter, Scholz, 35, technology marketer, was standing on the platform not far away. Scholz sprinted toward the man, advancing to a point at the edge of the platform opposite him as the man moved toward the platform. Scholz extended his arms around the man as the train, then in emergency braking, bore down on them. Both men were struck by the train. Scholz died at the scene, but the man, having sustained significant injury, survived.
Investigators looked at surveillance video. They say Scholz reached for the man on the tracks and both were hit by an express train. Scholz died on the tracks.
was a marketer for computer graphics company Nvidia
Scholz grew up in Washington state, moving to the Bay Area after high school to attend Santa Clara University. That's where he met his wife, although they didn't start dating until after college, eventually moving to Pleasanton together a decade ago.
Services
10 a.m. Feb. 10
Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St., Pleasanton
Posthumously, Philip was awarded a Carnegie Hero Medal.
Philip Scholz died attempting to save a man from being struck by a train, Santa Clara, California, January 20, 2014. A man went to a point between the rails of a track at a commuter train station, just off the raised platform, as an express train traveling at 70 m.p.h. approached the station on that track. A commuter, Scholz, 35, technology marketer, was standing on the platform not far away. Scholz sprinted toward the man, advancing to a point at the edge of the platform opposite him as the man moved toward the platform. Scholz extended his arms around the man as the train, then in emergency braking, bore down on them. Both men were struck by the train. Scholz died at the scene, but the man, having sustained significant injury, survived.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KGO) -- ABC7 News has learned that the man struck and killed by a Caltrain earlier this week was trying to help another man off the tracks, at the Santa Clara station Monday night.
Investigators looked at surveillance video. They say Scholz reached for the man on the tracks and both were hit by an express train. Scholz died on the tracks.
was a marketer for computer graphics company Nvidia
Scholz grew up in Washington state, moving to the Bay Area after high school to attend Santa Clara University. That's where he met his wife, although they didn't start dating until after college, eventually moving to Pleasanton together a decade ago.
Services
10 a.m. Feb. 10
Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St., Pleasanton
Posthumously, Philip was awarded a Carnegie Hero Medal.
Philip Scholz died attempting to save a man from being struck by a train, Santa Clara, California, January 20, 2014. A man went to a point between the rails of a track at a commuter train station, just off the raised platform, as an express train traveling at 70 m.p.h. approached the station on that track. A commuter, Scholz, 35, technology marketer, was standing on the platform not far away. Scholz sprinted toward the man, advancing to a point at the edge of the platform opposite him as the man moved toward the platform. Scholz extended his arms around the man as the train, then in emergency braking, bore down on them. Both men were struck by the train. Scholz died at the scene, but the man, having sustained significant injury, survived.
Investigators looked at surveillance video. They say Scholz reached for the man on the tracks and both were hit by an express train. Scholz died on the tracks.
was a marketer for computer graphics company Nvidia
Scholz grew up in Washington state, moving to the Bay Area after high school to attend Santa Clara University. That's where he met his wife, although they didn't start dating until after college, eventually moving to Pleasanton together a decade ago.
Services
10 a.m. Feb. 10
Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St., Pleasanton
Posthumously, Philip was awarded a Carnegie Hero Medal.
Philip Scholz died attempting to save a man from being struck by a train, Santa Clara, California, January 20, 2014. A man went to a point between the rails of a track at a commuter train station, just off the raised platform, as an express train traveling at 70 m.p.h. approached the station on that track. A commuter, Scholz, 35, technology marketer, was standing on the platform not far away. Scholz sprinted toward the man, advancing to a point at the edge of the platform opposite him as the man moved toward the platform. Scholz extended his arms around the man as the train, then in emergency braking, bore down on them. Both men were struck by the train. Scholz died at the scene, but the man, having sustained significant injury, survived.
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