{"id":89031,"date":"2019-08-09T11:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=89031"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T22:16:21","slug":"pedestrian-struck-killed-by-metrolink-train-in-canyon-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/08\/09\/pedestrian-struck-killed-by-metrolink-train-in-canyon-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian struck, killed by Metrolink train in Canyon Country [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69018\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fatal-train-crossing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CANYON COUNTRY &#8211; A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night by a Metrolink train in Canyon Country, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics responded to the accident scene near Rainbow Glen Drive and Soledad Canyon Road about 10:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AV Line 227 to Lancaster&#8230; stopped between Santa Clarita &amp; Via Princessa due to striking a person on the tracks,&#8221; Metrolink tweeted Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was killed in the crash, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department&#8217;s Santa Clarita Valley station.<\/p>\n<p>The age, gender and name of the victim were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is under investigation and no further details have been released.<\/p>\n<p>AV Line 227 resumed service around 1:40 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Jasmine Taira, 30, of Santa Clarita.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANYON COUNTRY &#8211; A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night by a Metrolink train in Canyon Country, authorities said. Paramedics responded to the accident scene near Rainbow Glen Drive and Soledad Canyon Road about 10:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. &#8220;AV Line 227 to Lancaster&#8230; stopped between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89031"}],"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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89031\/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=89031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}