{"id":288348,"date":"2026-04-27T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288348\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:58:20","slug":"north-highlands-pedestrian-killed-in-up-train-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288348\/","title":{"rendered":"North Highlands pedestrian killed in UP train collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777309100_726_SAC pedestrian train fatality vehicle vs person chyron still frame.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"\" alt=\"Pedestrian fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian died after being struck by a Union Pacific train Monday morning near the Walerga Road overcrossing in North Highlands, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The collision was reported about 7:05 a.m. along the railroad tracks near Roseville Road, according to emergency dispatch logs.<\/p>\n<p>Metro Fire Sacramento said firefighters arrived on scene and pronounced the person dead. The Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office will release the identity of the victim pending notification of next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>Union Pacific officials were notified and responded to the scene, firefighters said.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details about the victim or circumstances leading up to the collision were immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian died after being struck by a Union Pacific train Monday morning near the Walerga Road overcrossing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-288348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}