A person was struck and killed Monday evening by a Metrolink train at the Newhall Station. 

At around 7:30 p.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a person hit by a train at the Newhall Metrolink Station at Railroad Avenue and Market Street, according to Jeremy Stafford a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. 

AV Line 229 to Lancaster will hold at Sylmar/San Fernando due to train 227 striking a person on the tracks. Updates to follow.

— MetrolinkAV (@MetrolinkAV) May 2, 2023

“It was a report of a person hit by a train. They were deceased,” stated Stafford. 

The ambulance and paramedics were canceled at the scene as the person was declared dead on arrival. 

Deputies remain on scene and set up crime scene tape to investigate the accident. 

The Metrolink AV line remains closed between Sylmar and Newhall as of 8 p.m.

The intersection of Railroad Avenue and Market Street has been impacted, with the stop lights out. 

The circumstances of the accident and the identity of the victim is not known as of the publication of this article. 

Ed. Note: This is a breaking news story; more information will be added as it becomes available

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