{"id":444432,"date":"2026-09-22T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444432\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:26:09","slug":"79-year-old-woman-fatally-hit-crossing-arlington-tx-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444432\/","title":{"rendered":"79-year-old woman fatally hit crossing Arlington TX street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790112368_428_IMG_arlington_PD_car_day_5_1_5FO23H9C_L857284210.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A 79-year-old woman was fatally struck while trying to cross South Collins Street in Arlington on Monday night, Sept. 21, according to police.\" alt=\"A 79-year-old woman was fatally struck while trying to cross South Collins Street in Arlington on Monday night, Sept. 21, according to police.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A 79-year-old woman was fatally struck while trying to cross South Collins Street in Arlington on Monday night, Sept. 21, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>            Courtesy: Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives<\/p>\n<p>A 79-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a car Monday night while crossing a major Arlington street, police said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of South Collins Street about 8:05 p.m. The woman was trying to cross Collins Street without a crosswalk when the accident occurred, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was taken to a hospital for treatment but later died from her injuries. The driver who hit her stayed at the scene and isn\u2019t currently facing any criminal charges, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman who died will be publicly identified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/tcbpm.appianportalsgov.com\/mepublicportal\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Arlington Police Department wants to remind pedestrians that they should always use designated crosswalks or traffic lights when attempting to cross roadways, especially at night when visibility is reduced,\u201d police said in the release.<\/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\/09\/1790112369_177_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":"A 79-year-old woman was fatally struck while trying to cross South Collins Street in Arlington on Monday night,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-444432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444432","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=444432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}