| Last updated on February 19, 2024
Injuries described as minor after commuter train hits car abandoned on tracks
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six passengers required hospitalization and two others were treated at the scene after a Tri-Rail commuter train struck an abandoned vehicle and derailed during the Friday morning commute.
All of the injuries were described as minor.
WSVN-TV reports 63 people were on board the northbound train when the collision occurred about 6 a.m., derailing the train’s cab car and causing track damage. One track of the double-track main line was reopened at slow speed about 8:30 a.m.
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Local news report:
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Best I could find. Vehicle was abandoned at the end of a street (on the right of way, not the street)
So how do we blame the railroad for hitting an abandoned vehicle on the tracks? It does not say but was it even at a crossing?