At least 12 people are injured after a Brightline train collided with a fire truck in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Saturday afternoon.
The train slammed into a Delray Beach Fire Rescue truck near the intersection of East Atlantic Avenue and SE 1st Avenue in Delray Beach.
A witness of the accident told BocaNewsNow.com that it appeared as though the fire truck driver drove the truck around the lowered railroad crossing gates – seemingly assuming that a freight train, which had just passed through the intersection, was the only train in the area.
The train was heading toward the fire truck, which was reportedly on call, from the opposite direction just before the collision.
At least three people were reported to have sustained critical injuries to the point of needing trauma care.
Among the dozen injured were multiple firefighters, according to The Global Beacon.
