Brightline Train Slammed Into Car In Pompano Beach, One Dead

POMPANO BEACH (CBSMiami) – A person was killed when a Brightline train slammed into a car in Pompano Beach.

It happened at the train crossing at Atlantic Boulevard and N Dixie Highway.

Chopper4 over the scene spotted what remained of the car impaled on the front of the train’s engine, debris from the crash spread all around. The train crossing warning arms were in the down position.

A Brightline train crash in Pompano Beach.
(CBS4)

Brightline officials said the train was going southbound at the time of the crash. Firefighters helped those onboard to exit using a ladder. They were then ushered to waiting buses which would take them to their destination.