Man dead after collision Monday at North Berkeley BART
The man was identified as Brett Estes, 61, of Berkeley, the Alameda County coroner's office said.
The man who was rescued by first responders from beneath a BART train at the North Berkeley station earlier this week did not survive his injuries, authorities report.
The man was identified as Brett Estes, 61, of Berkeley, the Alameda County coroner's office said Thursday.
Estes was pronounced dead Wednesday, the coroner's office said.
His death has been ruled a suicide.
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On Monday, authorities responded to the North Berkeley BART station for a report of a man in a wheelchair who had entered the trackway shortly before 3:30 p.m.
The Berkeley Fire Department extricated the patient and took him to Highland Hospital with critical injuries, according to emergency dispatches reviewed by The Berkeley Scanner.
Just before the collision, Berkeley police had been dispatched to the 1300 block of University Avenue to check on Estes because a person who was concerned about his welfare called BPD, according to emergency dispatches.
Estes was not there when police went to look for him and the emergency call at BART came out while they were trying to find him.
Emilie Raguso
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