Foul Play Not Suspected After Woman Found Dead on Bench at South Pasadena Gold Line Station

An investigation was underway into the death of a woman who was found unconscious on a train platform bench in South Pasadena on Sunday, although there were no initial signs of foul play, police said.

Officers and paramedics were summoned to the Metro Gold Line Station at Meridian Avenue and Mission Street about 6 p.m. for a person “possibly in need of medical attention,” the South Pasadena Police Department said in a written statement.

“Officers and South Pasadena Fire Department personnel arrived within minutes and located an unconscious female laying on a platform bench,” according to the statement. “Medical attention was immediately provided; however, the subject never regained consciousness and died at the scene.”

She was estimated to be in her 40s.

A cause of death was not clear, however first-responders noted to signs of trauma or foul play, police said.

The investigation has been turned over to detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Transit Services Bureau, which provides law enforcement on the train line, authorities said.

Anyone with information can reach the Transit Services Bureau at (323) 563-5000.