Florida passenger train kills man weeks after reopening

By TERRY SPENCER
Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on the tracks just weeks after the company reopened from the pandemic. The Brightline train struck the pedestrian Tuesday morning in North Miami Beach as he walked on the tracks and didn’t move as the train sounded its horn. North Miami Beach police did not immediately return a call Wednesday seeking further details. The death is at least the 49th involving a Brightline train since the Miami to West Palm Beach line launched in mid-2017 and the first since it reopened last month after a 19-month closure due to the pandemic.