At least 15 people injured in Delray Beach after a fire truck got in the way on the track of a high-speed passenger train in Florida, picked up NBC6.
The accident occurred at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the busy downtown Delray Beach area, and images captured the destroyed front of the Brightline train, which was stopped on the tracks.
According to The Sun-SentinelThe fire truck had to immediately transport 12 people who were on board the train and were injured in the collision. They were quickly treated at the hospital, and fortunately their injuries were minor.
The person familiar with the details of the accident spoke on condition of anonymity and said the fire truck stopped at the crossing and waited for the freight train to pass before moving on.
A fragment of the video shows the moment of the crash, and the fire truck surrounding the cars stopped at the intersection with their lights on to cross the dual carriageways.
“The front of that train is completely destroyed, and there were even some pieces of the fire truck stuck in the front of the train, but it split the car in half. It split the fire truck in half and debris was everywhere,” said Emmanuel Amaral, a witness who rushed to the scene in his golf cart after hearing a loud crash and screeching train brakes from where he was having breakfast a couple of blocks away.
The Delray Beach Fire Department reported on social media that three of its firefighters were in stable condition at a hospital.
Meanwhile, Brightline's safety and security team pointed out through X that rail safety is a community-wide effort.
"For the safety of everyone, never drive around closed crossing gates," they said.
It is not yet known where the fire truck was heading or what caused the accident.
The investigation is ongoing, and Brightline has said its services are currently experiencing limited delays.
Since Brightline began operating in July 2017, more than a hundred people have been killed by these high-speed trains.
