{"id":315875,"date":"2026-05-14T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315875\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:43:11","slug":"person-killed-by-train-at-fresno-railroad-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315875\/","title":{"rendered":"Person killed by train at Fresno railroad crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person was killed after getting hit by a train in central Fresno on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officers gathered near Shields and Wishon avenues to investigate the crash, which BNSF Railway spokesperson Kendall Sloan said happened around 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The victim has not been identified, and it\u2019s unclear what they were doing at the railway crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Sloan said the crossing is equipped with gates, lights and bells.<\/p>\n<p>No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RenderedImage.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"847\" title=\"RenderedImage.JPG\" alt=\"A person was hit by a train near Shields and Wishon avenues in Fresno around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    A person was hit by a train near Shields and Wishon avenues in Fresno around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2026.                                                                                            NICK FENLEY                                                                            nfenley@fresnobee.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person was killed after getting hit by a train in central Fresno on Wednesday night. Officers gathered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-315875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315875","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=315875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}