I Think This Guy Needs to Consider Taking the Bus

They say lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place, but what about Metrolink trains?

A 57-year-old Costa Mesa man who had his hand severed by a Metrolink train two weeks ago was apparently hit by the same train again Tuesday morning, police said. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Around 7:30 a.m., police and firefighters went to the Irvine Transportation Center after receiving a report of a man who had fallen onto the tracks.

Train commuters are seen at the Irvine Transportation Center in 2008. Today a A 57-year-old Costa Mesa man who had his hand severed by a Metrolink train two weeks ago in Laguna Niguel was apparently hit by the same train again at the Irvine Transportation Center.

Paramedics treated injuries to the man's left arm and right hand. His left hand was severed two weeks ago in another incident.

The man, who has not been identified publicly, said that he had fallen from the passenger platform and been run over by the train. He told authorities the same thing two weeks ago.

As of noon, Irvine police were still at the Irvine Transportation Center and at the hospital with the man, said Sgt. Mike Meyers of the Irvine Police Department.

In the earlier incident, on Feb. 8 at 7:20 a.m., the man apparently fell onto the tracks at the Laguna Niguel station; he was then dragged 87 feet by a northbound Metrolink train. The train cut off his left hand at the wrist.

That incident was investigated as an accident, said Lt. Andy Ferguson of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

"We talked to a relative who thought it was an accident," Ferguson said, adding that the man didn't say anything about suicide.

In the Feb. 8 incident, the man apparently fell onto the tracks around 7:20 a.m., while the train was still in the station, and was then dragged as it left.

He got hit by the same train, but at two different stations. I think the train is stalking him.