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Pedestrian killed by freight train in Lake Park

Posted at 9:45 PM, Mar 03, 2020
and last updated 2020-03-04 08:25:26-05

LAKE PARK, Fla. — An unidentified person was walking along Florida East Coast Railway tracks and was fatally struck by a freight train, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday night.

The crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m. at Northlake Boulevard and Old Dixie Road in Lake Park, spokeswoman Teri Barbera said.

The direction the train was going wasn't known by a Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spokeswoman.