Driver Dies Following Crash With Florida High Speed Train

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A driver was fatally injured early Monday when a Brightline increased velocity prepare hit a automobile on the railroad tracks close to Fort Lauderdale, officers stated.

The crash occurred simply after 5:30 a.m. Monday in Pompano Seashore, the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a information launch. Tv video footage confirmed what gave the impression to be a mangled pickup truck on the tracks.

Jacob Bresnahan, 27, was taken to a hospital with crucial accidents, the discharge stated. Deputies reported later Monday afternoon that Bresnahan had died.

Brightline didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail looking for remark concerning the crash.

Brightline has the worst fatality price within the nation, based on an ongoing Related Press evaluation of Federal Railroad Administration information that started in 2019. Its trains have fatally struck at the least 58 folks since starting check runs in 2017, a median of about one loss of life each 33,000 miles.

Central Florida’s SunRail has the second-worst price amongst railroads that function at the least 100,000 miles yearly – its trains have fatally struck somebody each 105,000 miles since 2017. Greater than 800 railroads function within the U.S.

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