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Brightline train hits and kills person in Lake Worth Beach

Fatal wreck comes one day after another crash involving Brightline train in Palm Beach County
A fatal Brightline train crash in the 1600 block of South Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach on June 18, 2024.jpg
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LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — A Brightline train hit and killed a person in Lake Worth Beach on Tuesday, just one day after another Brightline was involved in a crash in Palm Beach County.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said emergency crews responded to the 1600 block of South Dixie Highway at approximately 12:15 p.m.

The sheriff's office said a Brightline train struck a pedestrian, and that person was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other details about the circumstances of the crash have been released, but the sheriff's office said it's investigating.

The wreck came just one day after another Brightline train hit a car — while the driver was still inside the vehicle — at George Bush Boulevard and Northeast Fifth Avenue in Delray Beach.

Police in Delray Beach said a Brightline train hit a car on the tracks at George Bush Boulevard and Northeast Fifth Avenue on June 17, 2024.
Police in Delray Beach said a Brightline train hit a car on the tracks at George Bush Boulevard and Northeast Fifth Avenue on June 17, 2024.

Ted White, the public information officer for the Delray Beach Police Department and Delray Beach Fire Rescue, said the driver of the car is from the Caribbean and isn't used to being around trains.

White said the man drove onto the tracks with the front end of his vehicle on the tracks.

The gates came down and a Brightline train heading southbound slammed into the front of the car, taking off part of the vehicle and spinning it around.

Amazingly, the driver was not hurt, White said.

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Police in Delray Beach said a Brightline train hit a car on the tracks at George Bush Boulevard and Northeast Fifth Avenue on June 17, 2024.

According to the Federal Railroad Administration, there have been 33 railroad crossing incidents, like crashes, in Florida this year through March 31.

Six of them have been in Palm Beach County, which is the highest in the state.