{"id":872031,"date":"2026-08-26T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872031\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:06:20","slug":"teenager-fatally-struck-by-train-on-tracks-in-torontos-east-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872031\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager fatally struck by train on tracks in Toronto&#8217;s east end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A male teenager is dead after being struck by a train late Tuesday night in Toronto\u2019s east end.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to the Rail Garden near 450 Woodfield Rd., close to Danforth Avenue and Greenwood Avenue, at around 11 p.m. for reports of a pedestrian hit by a train.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police tell 680 NewsRadio the teen had been walking along the tracks with a girl when two trains approached. Investigators believe he moved to avoid the first train but did not see the second, which struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the train involved was a GO Transit work train, carrying rail workers rather than passengers. The girl who was with him was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic Services officers responded overnight and confirmed the victim was an 18\u2011year\u2011old male. No foul play is suspected, and police have not said why the teens were on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A male teenager is dead after being struck by a train late Tuesday night in Toronto\u2019s east end.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-872031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}