Passenger Trains > FL: BrightLine vs pedestrian in Lake Worth Beach

A woman crossing the tracks south of the 12th street crossing was struck and killed by a BrightLine / Virgin Rail train in Lake Worth Beach on Saturday afternoon.  She was the second person to die this month while trespassing on BrightLine / FEC right of way.  The first was farther south, near Woolbright Road in Boynton Beach. That one may have been a suicide, based on reports.

Fatalities of people driving around gates, going under gates, etc seems to be way down on both FEC tracks and the nearby Tri-Rail.  However, people making illegal crossings away from signals continue to get hit.
 

On a recent trip to South Florida doing a circle trip I was amazed by the number of level crossings on both Virgin Brightline and Tri-Rail.  There appeared to be some slow running in some crossing areas on Virgin and there were apologies for that.  We were a few minutes late.

Pedestrian loses again.  You'd think people would be more careful since getting killed is the price for not paying attention. 

ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> Pedestrian loses again.  You'd think people would
> be more careful since getting killed is the price
> for not paying attention. 

One of the articles mentioned an "elderly lady" was killed, per a 20 year old witness.  She was 31, per the police.