{"id":81622,"date":"2018-05-14T12:39:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=81622"},"modified":"2018-05-17T18:44:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T01:44:57","slug":"man-fatally-struck-by-av-line-metrolink-train-in-santa-clarita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2018\/05\/14\/man-fatally-struck-by-av-line-metrolink-train-in-santa-clarita\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fatally struck by AV Line Metrolink train in Santa Clarita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69018\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fatal-train-crossing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"233\" \/>SANTA CLARITA &#8211; A Metrolink train struck and killed a man Friday evening in Santa Clarita.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly collision was reported just about 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the area of Drayton Street and Railroad Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>The victim &#8212; reported by the sheriff&#8217;s department to be a man &#8212; was pronounced dead at the scene, a fire department dispatcher said.<\/p>\n<p>The train was No. 221 bound for Lancaster on the Antelope Valley Line, according to Metrolink.<\/p>\n<p>Tracks were closed between Newhall and Santa Clarita and alternative transportation was being sought for affected passengers, Metrolink reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The death is being investigated as an apparent suicide, the coroner&#8217;s office reported Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLARITA &#8211; A Metrolink train struck and killed a man Friday evening in Santa Clarita. The deadly collision was reported just about 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the area of Drayton Street and Railroad Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victim &#8212; reported by the sheriff&#8217;s department to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}