{"id":280949,"date":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280949\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:31:07","slug":"man-killed-by-freight-train-near-new-river-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280949\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed by freight train near New River in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ambulance_final201.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A man was struck and killed by a freight train in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday. Rescue crews recovered him from the New River.\" alt=\"A man was struck and killed by a freight train in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday. Rescue crews recovered him from the New River.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A man was struck and killed by a freight train in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday. Rescue crews recovered him from the New River.<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images | Royalty Free<\/p>\n<p>A man was struck and killed by a freight train late Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened near 400 Southwest Third Avenue around 11 p.m., near the New River. The man was ejected into the water and pulled out by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the investigation remains active.<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/288625454\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milena Malaver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was struck and killed by a freight train in Fort Lauderdale late Thursday. Rescue crews recovered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-280949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}