FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman and baby got out of their car unharmed Tuesday morning just before the vehicle was hit by a Brightline train, according to Delray Beach Fire Rescue.
As of 7 a.m., the train was blocking Southwest 10th Street near Old Swinton Avenue, the department said in a tweet.
Delray Beach police are investigating.
A woman was handcuffed at the scene by officers.
This is the second such incident this week.
A West Palm Beach man died when a Brightline train struck his car in Lake Worth Beach late Sunday afternoon.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said that driver went around the safety arm as train was approaching.
Sunday’s crash is believed to be the 54th fatality involving the company since January 2018.
In January of this year, a man tried to cross the train tracks in Hollywood, Fla., when he was fatally struck by a Brightline train.
Marc Charleus, 68, and his sister were killed in January when Charleus drove his SUV around a lowered crossing gate and into the train’s path in Aventura.
Witnesses said Charleus had been stopped behind the lowered gate but then darted around it, likely unaware that the Brightline train was barreling down the tracks at some 79 miles per hour.
To stop a train at that speed, the train would need about 1,500 feet of leeway, or more than one-quarter of a mile, officials with Brightline said.
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(Sun Sentinel staff writers Austen Erblat and Eileen Kelley contributed to this report.)
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