{"id":367407,"date":"2026-07-09T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367407\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:48:11","slug":"pedestrian-dies-after-east-fort-worth-crash-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367407\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian dies after east Fort Worth crash, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/policelights_breaking.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Wednesday, July 8, in east Fort Worth.\" alt=\"Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Wednesday, July 8, in east Fort Worth.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Wednesday, July 8, in east Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver Wednesday in east Fort Worth, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the accident near the 7900 block of Ederville Road and Aldra Drive.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the driver tried to avoid the pedestrian in the road but was unable to. The driver stayed at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The injured pedestrian was taken to a local hospital but later died from their injuries. The person will be identified by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tcbpm.appianportalsgov.com\/mepublicportal\">Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Traffic Investigation Unit is looking into the cause of the fatal crash.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Wednesday, July 8, in east Fort Worth. Getty Images&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-367407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367407","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=367407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}