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At 5:20 pm Friday, a freight train was stopped in downtown Antioch after a report that it had hit a pedestrian.
Both the Antioch Police Department and Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters responded and began searching the area. The train had stopped.
Police say no one was hit, but a bicycle was struck and possibly a dog but were unable to locate the dog.
According to a witness, they said the bicycle was hit and sucked under the train along with a dog, but the male took off running. As of 6:00 pm, police could not locate a bicycle.
Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff also assisted with a helicopter to search overhead.
By 6:22 pm, the train began moving again.
