At least 15 injured after high-speed train ploughs into fire truck
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. At least 15 people have been wounded after a high-speed train ploughed into a fire truck in Florida. Three firefighters and a dozen rail passengers are among those injured in today’s crash in the town of Delray Beach on the southeast coast.
![[A drone view shows the wreckage scene]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234418290-15a8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The first-responders were conscious when transported to an area hospital, and some media outlets have reported that two of them are now in critical condition. Authorities confirmed that the passengers had only suffered minor injuries. It is understood that the Brightline train slammed into the truck, pushing it onto its side on the East Atlantic Avenue tracks near SE 1st Avenue.
![[A fireman views damage]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234416912-b12e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Pictures from the scene show the train stopped on the tracks, with its front all mangled. Meanwhile, the truck’s ladder was ripped off and strewn in the grass just a few metres away. Delray Beach police traffic sergeant Matt Saraceni could not immediately say what caused the crash or where the fire truck was heading.
![[Delray Beach Police officers and Brighline personnel are seen at the scene of a wreckage after a Brightline passenger train collided with a fire truck on railtracks in Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. December 28, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234415803-7492.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that agency is still gathering information about the crash and has not yet decided whether it will investigate. The NTSB is already investigating two crashes involving Brightline’s high speed trains that killed three people at the same crossing early this year along the railroad’s route between Miami and Orlando.
