Authorities say a Brightline train struck and killed a pedestrian, raising the death toll since the higher-speed train line resumed operations in South Florida.
Highlights
- Authorities say a Brightline train struck and killed a pedestrian, raising the death toll since the higher-speed train line resumed operations in South Florida.
- Brightline has the worst fatality rate in the nation, according to an ongoing Associated Press analysis of Federal Railroad Administration data.
- Its trains have fatally struck 59 people since beginning test runs in 2017, an average of about one death every 33,000 miles (about 53,000 kilometers) Central Florida’s SunRail has the second-worst rate among railroads that operate at least 100,000 mile (about 161,000 km) annually.
- Most of the deaths have been caused by drivers going around crossing gates, pedestrians trying to beat trains and suicides.