February 2022

AS BRIGHTLINE STRUGGLES WITH DEADLY ACCIDENTS, WHAT WILL FUTURE HOLD FOR SOUTH RAIL EXPANSION?

Since Brightline has developed in South Florida, an alarming number of deaths and injuries at railroad crossings and along the tracks have occurred.

There have been nine fatal crashes since Brightline resumed its operations in November, and 57 since Brightline began tests in 2017, the worst per-mile fatality rate in the nation, according to an ongoing Associated Press analysis.

3 BRIGHTLINE TRAIN CRASHES IN 4 DAYS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY

A BRIGHTLINE TRAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE, the third in four days in Palm Beach County.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said the impact of the crash split a car in half. The driver was rushed to a nearby medical facility with "incapacitating injuries."

Read more about this incident here.