A TriRail train heads North at the 20th Street and Miami Avenue intersection as Miami Police officers and FDOT joined together during Operation Clear Track, to monitor railroad grade crossings for an opportunity to share the rail safety method with the community, wit the goal to reduce pedestrian and driver injuries and fatalities around railroad tracks increasing public awareness on the issue, in Miami, on Tuesday September 16, 2025.

A Tri-Rail train heads north at the 20th Street and Miami Avenue intersection on September 16, 2025. A Tri-Rail train struck a car in Oakland Park on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, killing the driver.

Pedro Portal

pportal@miamiherald.com

One person is dead after a Tri-Rail train struck a car that was crossing the tracks in Oakland Park on Wednesday morning, the city’s Fire Rescue department said.

The train was traveling southbound on the CSX freight tracks west of Interstate 95 around 10 a.m. when it collided with the car, said Shannon Vezina, spokeswoman for the city of Oakland Park.

The person inside the car was killed, Vezina said, adding the crash is under investigation by Broward Sheriff’s Office traffic-homicide detectives.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.


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David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.