{"id":14286,"date":"2019-07-09T01:37:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T01:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02819f39d0132568"},"modified":"2025-02-27T07:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T07:07:37","slug":"man-hit-killed-by-light-rail-train-near-north-tryon-wal-mart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2019\/07\/09\/man-hit-killed-by-light-rail-train-near-north-tryon-wal-mart\/","title":{"rendered":"MAN HIT &#038; KILLED BY LIGHT RAIL TRAIN NEAR NORTH TRYON WAL-MART"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marty Parrott, 27, was killed after being hit by a Light rail train in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday July 7, 2019 at 11:31p.m., Marty walked past the Light Rail Cross Bars at the intersection of North Tryon Street and University Pointe Boulevard, which is near the Wal-Mart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Marty was crossing the tracks, he was struck by a Light Rail Train that was traveling north.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marty was transported to Atrium Health by medics where he succumbed from his injuries.&nbsp;There were no reported injuries to any passengers on the train.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department\u2019s Major Crash Unit along with Charlotte Area Transit System representatives were called to the scene to conduct the investigation.&nbsp;Their initial investigation has revealed that the crossing bars, warning lights, and audible warning signals were all working properly at the time of the crash.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottealertsnews.com\/charlottealerts\/news\/amtrak-train-runs-over-man-killing-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">man was killed by a Amtrak train in Charlotte.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was killed by a Light Rail Train after he walked past the cross bars <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18961,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14286\/revisions\/18961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}