PayPal executive killed by Caltrain in Menlo Park

Monday, March 12, 2012

(03-12) 05:24 PDT Menlo Park, Calif. (AP) --

An executive with the PayPal online payment service has been struck and killed by a commuter train in Northern California.

San Mateo County coroner's investigators on Sunday identified the victim as 39-year-old Eric Salvatierra of Palo Alto.

The San Francisco Chronicle ( http://bit.ly/yCmeRK) says Salvatierra was killed by a Caltrain on Friday morning in Menlo Park.

Commuter rail officials say he was standing on the tracks when he was hit by a northbound train. The death is being investigated.

Salvatierra was a vice president of online payment service PayPal, where he's worked for about five years.