AC/DC Fan Struck and Killed by Train at Coachella

A college student attending Coachella to see the first AC/DC concert without Malcolm Young was struck by a train in an early morning accident near the California festival site. Coachella officials confirmed Jannik Andersen's death yesterday (April 13).

Andersen, 23, was hit at 3:05 a.m. Saturday (April 11) about four miles northeast of where AC/DC played in Indio, Calif., according to the Riverside County Coroner's Office. A student at University of Colorado at Boulder, he was declared dead at 3:42 a.m.

Friends said Andersen had been to earlier editions of Coachella, and was particularly excited to see AC/DC, as well as slacker-rock singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco. Zac Hoffman described his friend as the "happiest dude in the world," according to the (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera.

A university spokesman reports that Andersen was a non-degree-seeking continuing education student. The coroners office, who confirmed he was from San Diego, said it was too early to determine if alcohol or drugs played a role. Coachella is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans to the California desert over the course of two weekends. The Union Pacific Railroad's investigation into the tragedy continues.

This accident follows another train-related death in rock, as a camera assistant was killed on the set of a biopic about Gregg Allman. Sarah Elizabeth Jones' death led to a a plea of involuntary manslaughter and two-year prison sentence for Randall Miller, the director of Midnight Rider. Prosecutors say he never received permission to film on the trestle, which spans the Altamaha River in rural Georgia. Six others were injured in that 2014 accident.

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