{"id":347107,"date":"2026-06-23T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347107\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:57:17","slug":"pedestrian-hit-by-union-pacific-train-in-austin-survives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347107\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian hit by Union Pacific train in Austin survives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medics and police responded to the 4200 block of Duval Road just after 3:30 a.m., where they found an adult with serious but non-life-threatening injuries from the incident, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. Medics treated the patient and transported them to St. David\u2019s Round Rock Medical Center for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Other details about the incident, including the person\u2019s name and the nature of their injuries, have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>Union Pacific officials\u00a0said the pedestrian was \u201ctrespassing on the railroad tracks north of the Duval Road crossing\u201d when the train struck them. The rail crew was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Union Pacific Police Department is investigating, Austin police confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>About 59% of trespassers struck by trains last year in the United States died, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/data.transportation.gov\/stories\/s\/Total-Trespasser-not-at-Highway-Rail-Crossing-at-H\/g8cu-2jtu\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Railroad Administration data<\/a>. The agency defines trespassers as people unlawfully on railroad property.<\/p>\n<p>Texas had the second-highest number of incidents behind California, but the state\u2019s fatality rate was lower than the national average at 45%. Travis County saw seven trespass-related injuries in 2025 but no deaths, the data shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Medics and police responded to the 4200 block of Duval Road just after 3:30 a.m., where they found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-347107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}