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.
On June 18, 2024, at approximately 12:15 pm, we responded to a tragic accident involving a Brightline train and a pedestrian in the 1600-blk of S Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach. Despite the quick arrival of Road Patrol and @PBCFR , the pedestrian was sadly pronounced deceased… pic.twitter.com/SjpOeEdV5X
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) June 18, 2024
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.
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.
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.
