Man dies after being struck by high-speed Brightline train in Oakland Park, BSO says

"...A man has died after being struck by a Brightline train Monday morning in Oakland Park, authorities confirmed.

According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, just after 8:30 a.m., crews were called to the incident in the 1200 block of Northeast 38th Street.

When first responders arrived, a man was located and pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His name has not been released at this time..."

Brightline is now pushing 200 deaths in Florida.

Here is a great article from the Atlantic October 22, 2025 entitled "The Death Train is Haunting South Florida"

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/brightline-train-florida/684624/

excerpt:

"...There are 331 grade crossings along the Brightline route in South Florida. James Hopkins, a former Brightline conductor, cited this when explaining to me why he no longer works for the company. He mostly enjoyed his time at Brightline, he said—the company was a good employer—but he didn’t want to work on that route anymore in large part because of how often the train would hit people. At his previous job operating a freight train in the 200-mile stretch between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, he said there were 40 to 50 grade crossings. In the 65 miles between West Palm Beach and Miami, there are 174. “It’s just real busy,” he told me. “The fatalities—this was just something I didn’t want to continue doing.”...