Published: July 27, 2026 at 7:20 AM
A Brightline train collided with a vehicle Monday morning that was on the tracks in Fort Lauderdale.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Brightline train collided with a vehicle late Sunday night that was on the tracks in Fort Lauderdale, authorities confirmed.
The crash was reported in the 900 block of North Flagler Drive.
The husband of the woman who was driving the red car told Local 10 News that the car was dragged by the train after the collision.
Firefighters helped the woman get out of the car after the vehicle became lodged underneath the train.
According to the woman’s husband, she suffered a broken hand and busted lip, but is expected to be OK.
A hair stylist at a nearby barbershop told Local 10 News that she’s never seen anything like this before.
“The Brightline train is just stopped right in front of me, and the car is just jammed right underneath. Actually, by a miracle, the driver’s seat where the driver was, was the only seat that wasn’t completely smacked by the train,” the hair stylist said.
The circumstances leading up to the collision remain under investigation.
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