Deputy Carlos M. Magana, Tulare Co. Sheriff’s Dept., died in an accident Dec. 9, 1970 as he was responding to a possibly burglary in progress at the Stone Corral Irrigation Water District Office. His patrol unit was struck by a train in heavy fog at an unsignaled railroad crossing.
Prior to joining the Tulare Co. Sheriff’s Department, Magana was Assistant Chief of Police in Fowler for eight years.
Besides his wife, Agnes, he was survived by three children, Todd, 8, Monica, 4, and Greg, 2.