{"id":108321,"date":"2024-12-29T00:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/15-injured-after-brightline-train-collides-with-fire-truck-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T00:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:03:40","slug":"15-injured-after-brightline-train-collides-with-fire-truck-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/15-injured-after-brightline-train-collides-with-fire-truck-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"15 injured after Brightline train collides with fire truck in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-28\/Getty_122824_BrightlineTrain.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(DELRAY BEACH, Fla.) &#8212; A Brightline train collided with a fire truck on Saturday morning in Delray Beach, Florida, injuring three firefighters and 12 train passengers, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The three injured Delray Beach firefighters were transported to a local hospital, where they are currently in stable condition. Two of the firefighters were initially listed in critical condition, but their status has since been updated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the firefighters, 12 individuals from the train were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, assisted by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. There have been no reported fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred at around 10:45 a.m. on the East Atlantic Avenue tracks near Railroad Avenue, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Delray Beach Fire Rescue, the firefighters were en route to a call when the accident took place.<\/p>\n<p>An active investigation into the cause of the collision is being led by the Delray Beach Police Department, Brightline officials and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are looking into whether the crossing gates were functioning properly at the time of the incident and have not yet confirmed details regarding the specific cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Raedle\/Getty Images (DELRAY BEACH, Fla.) &#8212; A Brightline train collided with a fire truck on Saturday morning in Delray Beach, Florida, injuring three firefighters and 12 train passengers, city officials said. The three injured Delray Beach firefighters were transported to a local hospital, where they are currently in stable<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/15-injured-after-brightline-train-collides-with-fire-truck-in-florida\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}